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THEOLOGICAL
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EDITORIAL
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SCRAPS 'N SNAPS
The 1940 SPIRE is presented as a story and
picture album of school life at Bethel. The
mechanism of the Camera — our administrative
b yards and faculty — governs and regulates the
impression of life which is made upon the Film—our
student body. By processes of Printing and Devel-oping—
our athletic, religious, creative, and social
activities—the Film is prepared and presented as
a finished picture.
It is the purpose of this book to depict Bethel
life in its entirety, focusing attention not only on the
routine, ordinary, expected subject matter, but
revealing also the hidden, unanticipated, candid
shots of campus activities as found in Scraps 'N
Snaps. The sum comprises a true reproduction, an
accurate representation of Bethel's constituency.
In Memory of Dr. Arvid Gordh, Th. D.
Who can record the work and worth of a Spirit-led man? Such
a life sheds its influence, not only to the generation it serves, but
also to posterity. In ever widening circles, that influence continues
to the shores of eternity, leaving in its wake the blessings of a con-secrated
man of God.
This can well be said of Dr. Arvid Gordh, who was taken from
this life at the Midway Hospital, St. Paul, shortly after noon on Janu-ary
4, 1940.
Dr. Gordh was born November 15, 1872, in Gothenburg,
Sweden, and came to America while still a young man. He was
converted and joined the First Swedish Baptist Church of Brooklyn,
New York, under the ministry of Dr. 0. Hedeen.
Having answered the call to the Christian ministry, he studied
at the Swedish Baptist Theological Seminary of Morgan Park, Chi-cago,
and at the Seminary in Stockholm, Sweden. He began his
pastoral work in Orebro, Sweden, serving a Baptist church there
for two years.
Returning to the United States, the young Gordh spent two
years at Newton Theological Institution and one year at the South-ern
Baptist Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky.
In 1903, he became editor of the "Baneret," a privately owned
denominational paper published in Minneapolis. Throughout his
life, he made contributions in the literary field. His works of poetry
and prose contain much food for thought and inspiration.
From 1905 to 1911, Dr. Gordh served as principal of the newly-founded
Bethel Academy. The next ten years were spent again in
pastoral service in Brockton, Massachusetts, and New York City.
For four years he served as dean of the Theological Seminary,
being successor to Dr. C. G. Lagergren. Since 1925, he continued
teaching New Testament Greek.
Because our beloved teacher was closely identified with the
Swedish Baptists in America, he has left a vacancy which cannot
easily be refilled. The testimony of the work he accomplished and
of the plans he cherished have come to us as a sacred trust and an
active challenge.
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This year marks the sixth term
that Dean Emery Johnson has been
associated with the Junior College,
In 1933, he became professor of the
zoology class, and continues teach-ing
this course. Administrative
duties were taken over in the fall of
1936.
With a dignity and reserve of
manner, Dean Johnson executes his
functions. The students well realize
that in him they have a considerate
friend and adviser. He oversees
their intellectual and social activi-ties;
yet, he is never the first to de-clare
what he has done.
In later years, his science students
will value the consistent and frank
techniques which Prof. Johnson em-ploys.
Besides teaching students Hebrew
and psychology, Dr. K. J. Karlson
serves also as the Dean of the
Seminary. He has filled this posi-tion
since 1926. As a professor, his
affiliation with Bethel continues in
its eighteenth year, he having be-gun
teaching here in 1922.
Ministerial students find in Dean
Karlson a ready helper and adviser.
With spiritual problems, with finan-cial
distresses, with the placing of
student pastors, he offers a ready
hand and willing mind.
Dean Karlson's influence reaches
out into other spheres of life. He has
undertaken literary efforts, writing
books in the fields of psychology
and religious education. He also
holds executive positions in Swedish
Baptist organizations.
School Bawd
To the average Bethel student, the Committee on Education of the Swedish Baptist
General Conference of America (the Committee is commonly known as the "School Board")
is a group of men and women who have an indefinite part in the school life of Bethel Insti-tute.
However, this group of twenty-one Swedish Baptists hold in trust from the Conference
the administration of the school. They supervise the school's activities and form the tie
between the Conference and the school.
An Executive Board of the Committee, made up of fifteen members, meets monthly to
discuss business affairs of the School. A. E. Sjolund, Minneapolis, is chairman. Other offi-cers
are: E. J. Anderson, St. Paul, vice-chairman; Walter Olson, Stanchfield, secretary; Mrs.
Eric Johnson, St. Paul, assistant secretary; and Thor Knutson, Minneapolis, treasurer.
Additional members of the Executive Board are: Alfred An-derson,
Minneapolis; Carl G. Burton, St. Paul; A. E. Clauson, Forest
City, Iowa; Mary Danielson, St. Paul; S. P. Fogdall, Clarks Grove,
Minnesota; W. G. Holmberg, Albert Lea, Minnesota; J. G. Johnson,
Minneapolis; Marvin Samuelson, St. Paul; Nels Swanson, St. Paul,
and C. R. Wall, Minneapolis.
The six members of the Committee who, because of distance,
do not attend the regular meetings of the Board are: Walfred
Danielson, Verona, New Jersey; Emil Friborg, Seattle, Washington;
G. A. Gustayson, Rockford, Illinois; Robert J. Klingberg, Galesburg,
Illinois; Ernest G. Nelson, Isanti, Minnesota; and M. Peterson,
Worcester, Massachusetts.
The work of the Board for the past year has comprised, in part,
the following actions: approval of the repairing of the Seminary
gymnasium and hall floors; appointment of a new Seminary pro-fessor,
Rev. Reuben Omark, pastor in Ludington, Michigan (subject
to Conference approval); establishment of a Gordh Memorial Fund
of $1,000, the annual income of which is to be awarded to the
student in New Testament Greek who makes the greatest progress
during his junior year in the Seminary.
Action was also taken to appoint a new President after Dr.
Arvid Hagstrom retires next year; to enlarge the Junior College cur-riculum
by the addition of classes in American government, Eng-lish
history, and rural sociology; and to build a women's dormitory
as soon as $25,000 in cash and pledges has been received.
Chairman, A. E. Sjolund
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Junior College Seminary
Emery Johnson, M. S. K. J. Karlson, Ph. D.
Al&marte
G. Arvid Hagstrom, D. D.
The Camera of Life With Its
Bethel Exposures
The Camera is an imitation, though an imperfect one, of the human eye. Our eyes are
wonderful cameras, which God has given us so that as we pass through life we can be
constantly taking beautiful pictures, looking at them not only for the instant, but storing
them up in our memories and making them the rich treasures and joyous heritage of corn-ing
years. The pictures the eye takes are imprinted upon the brain and the soul; hence
the soul of man may be compared to a sensitized plate. If it is properly exposed to the
light, the picture will be good. If the plate be incorrectly exposed, the picture will be
ruined. So the impressions which are being made upon the soul will either save or ruin it.
The developing day is coming. This day is the exposing time.
In order that we may in coming years have pleasing pictures hung in the art gallery
of the soul, it is needful that considerate and constant attention be given to the exposures
made in these days of the impressionable period. Of course, it is impossible to keep out
every disagreeable sight, but one can cultivate the habit of looking at beautiful things.
God who has given us our camera of life intended that it should have beautiful pictures
to photograph. Everything He has made is beautiful. The hills, the valleys, the brooks, the
flowers, the trees, the fields, the birds, the animals, the sky, the clouds, the moon, the stars
—all these are the work of His hands and are beautiful to behold. They are free. They are
making impressions upon our soul's camera constantly. Some things we see are so new
and startling that we feel the effect of them all at once. But the most lasting images are
the daily sights of ordinary life. Hence, it is most important to be surrounded by beautiful
things.
Everything made by man is a copy of God's work. That is the reason there is so little
that is really beautiful in large cities. The works of God are hidden by the imitations of
men. Our friends, our fellow students, our parents and loved ones, and our teachers,
among whom we mingle and from whom we receive impressions by what they say and
do as well as by what they are, become the pictures which, by the camera of life, will
leave their indelible imprint upon us. If we look for virtues and favorable things in them,
these pictures will become a beautiful and lasting heritage to be kept in memory's treasure
chest for future years. These will make their valuable contributions to our lives, thus
making the future brighter, more peaceful, secure and prosperous for all of us. "I am a
part of all I have met, and a part of all I have received from others," said one author.
How true this is. It is God's wonderful provision for us. God's heart yearns over us in
great tenderness, and while we live in the midst of an evil world, we are constantly to
remember that God has made us millionaires in the possession of these faculties with
which he has endowed us for use here upon the earth, and also that we are children of
the King of Heaven, and that we are heirs of everlasting life and glory. We are heirs of
God, and joint heirs with Jesus Christ, to an inheritance which is incorruptible, undefiled,
and that fadeth not away. May our Camera be ever busy accumulating impressions that
will contribute to this eternal inheritance.
G. ARVID HAGSTROM
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G. A. HAGSTROM—PRESIDENT
An air of Christian dignity,
A spirit that abounds,
A soul of deepest insight—
His person reflects each grace.
EMERY A. JOHNSON—
JUNIOR COLLEGE DEAN
A serious man for a serious task,
As witness his office and class,
Who yet finds time for laugh and play,
You should know—
He's an all around man.
K. J. KARLSON—SEMINARY DEAN
A brilliant brain, a ransomed soul,
A willingness to serve;
In Bethel he has found his goal—
Our precepts to preserve.
H. WYMAN MALMSTEN-REPRESENTATIVE
Promoting interests in the school
Is his primary aim,
And Bethel friends, both far and near,
Acquaintanceship acclaim.
WALTER JULIEN—BUSINESS AGENT
With deftness and efficiency
He handles all the bank rolls,
For he's our business agent;
Our finances, he controls.
MARTIN ERICKSON—EXEGESIS
A busy St. Paul pastor, he,
Whose willingness does please us,
For he takes time
To teach our students
English exegesis.
ESTHER SABEL-PRACTICAL
THEOLOGY
A gracious, quiet, cheery way;
Of her smiling, there's no end,
And when you learn to know her,
You've found a priceless friend.
C. E. CARLSON—SOCIAL SCIENCE
Do you long to know clearly,
To think quite correctly,
And reason things out all alone?
Then go to his classes
And hear the discussions,
You'll get intellectual in tone.
ADOLF OLSON-SYSTEMATIC
THEOLOGY
If there's a need,
His kindly counsel is there to lead—for
Although he's burdened with duties no
end,
He's never too busy to help a friend.
EFFIE NELSON—LIBRARIAN
A modest, unassuming way
When giving us our learnin';
But in the classrooms every day
She teaches more than German.
THEODORE BERGMAN—PIANO
If you are full of music
That cannot be expressed,
Submit your case to Bergman—
He'll help you gain finesse.
EVERETT BACKLIN—GREEK EXEGESIS
Three times a week
He greets his class
Of students in the Sem.
But, ask them what he teaches?
They don't know—it's Greek to them.
ENID PLATTS—ENGLISH
A paper you're writing?
You need a quotation?
You've searched everywhere for relief?
Miss Platts has a wealth
Of just such, and she'll help
You to find just the one you need.
WILLIAM ADAM—
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
You wish for
Grace and precision,
Good form, muscles, and speed?
Just speak to our Coach Adam;
He'll prescribe what you need.
E. A. FINSTROM—ANTIQUITIES
When Seminary students
Become weary with theology,
They find their relaxation
In his class of archaeology.
GEORGE HULTGREN—VOICE
A mass of notes, a group of throats,
'Tis out of these that sweet song floats?
Some say
It is inspired,
I laugh and think—
Patience is a virtue, Hultgren has acquired.
ALICE JOHNSON—SWEDISH
A smiling, happy lady, she,
She is our Swedish teacher,
And for the Swedish Baptist Church
She helps make many a preacher.
ERNEST NORSTROM—CHEMISTRY
With a - formula, formula here,
And a compound, compound there,
Here a formula,
There a compound,
Everywhere a formula, compound,
Ernest Norstrom teaches Chem,
EDITH LARSON—OFFICE SECRETARY
A kindly word spoken
And smiles that betoken
A love for her work and the school,
Her influence works like a rule.
A. J. WINGBLADE-RELIGIOUS
EDUCATION
A memory of faces,
A knowledge of Greek,
Add unending kindness,
And Wingblade's complete.
No" `'F"-..V' v., Wr/
S'anding: H., Rogers, A. Bloom-quist,
R. Olson, G. Peterson, E.
Tederman, C. Lindrnan, B. Fleming.
Seated: G. Samuelson, M. Law-son,
H. Carlson, R. Goodman, C. E.
Carlson, J. Johnson.
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Before new and returning students had become absorbed in studies, they
became better acquainted with each other at a Reception held in the Junior
College Chapel on September 15. This was the first all-school event sponsored
by the Student Council during the 1939-1940 session.
The Council has been composed of twelve representatives from seven
student activities and the two departments. The executive officers were:
Rodger Goodman, president; Maurice Lawson, vice-president; and Henrietta
Carlson, secretary-treasurer. The activity interests were promoted by Carl
Lindman, Alexis Society; Ethel Tederman, College Club; Ruth Olson, musical
organizations; Gordon Peterson, athletics; Alrik Bloomquist, student publica-tions;
Herschel Rogers, Religious Council; Joyce Johnson, forensic activities;
Bruce Fleming, Seminary; and Grant Samuelson, Junior College.
The Student Council was organized to foster a wholesome spirit within
the student body, to promote and have general control over student organiza-tions,
and to encourage friendly relationships with other schools.
The chapel song-leader, David Anderson, pianist, Grace Widen, and
ushers, Glenn Anderson and Francis Otto, were appointed by the Student
Council. A Flower Fund has been maintained through the receipt of chapel
offerings.
The Student Council and the Boarding Club share a joint responsibility in
the maintenance of the Gospel Team bus.
Several hundred little cowbells tinkled a welcome to the many alumni
and friends for the Round-up Homecoming on November 3. Maurice Lawson
was general chairman for this event.
The annual student basketball trip this year to Rochester was exciting
and interesting to those that went. Other all-school functions were: a sleigh
ride party January 29 and a picnic June 5.
Meetings of the Council were held once a month when problems and pro-grams
of the activities were discussed. The sane advice of the advisor, Prof .
C. E. Carlson, has been appreciated.
The Student Council has possibilities of becoming a more potent factor in
determining student affairs and promoting interest of school activities.
HENRIETTA CARLSON, Th.B.
Multnomah Jr. College, Portland,
Ore.
Neighborhood Girls' Club, 2 yrs.;
Rescue Home work, 2 yrs.; Gospel
team 1, 2, 3; A Cappella 1, 2;
Basketball 2, 3; B. W. A. 1, 2, 3;
Sec'y Alexis, Social Chrmn. 2;
Missionary Band 1, 2, 3, Sec'y 2;
Sec'y-Treas. Student Council 3;
Sec'y-Treas. Senior class 3.
S. BRUCE FLEMING, Th.B.
Bethel Jr. College
Preaching: Ebenezer Bapt. Church,
Duluth, Minn.
Oratory 1, S. M. J. C. C. Oratory
Trophy 1; Vice-Pres. A Cappella 1;
Athletic Board 1; Treas. Alexis 1,
Vice-Pres. 2; Missionary Band 1, 2;
Male Chorus 1, 2; Student pastor 1,
2, 3; Boarding Club Board Chrmn.
3; Student Council 3.
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RODGER GOODMAN, Th.B.
Bethel Jr. College
Preaching: Roseland Sw. Bapt.
Church, Chicago, Ill.
Male Chorus 1, 2, 3; A Cappella 1;
Band 2; Pres. Student Council 3.
ORVILLE JOHNSON, Th.B.
Bethel Jr. College
Preaching: Ogema, Wis.
Student pastor 1, 2, 3; Basketball
1; Baseball 1, 2, 3; Vice-Pres.
Alexis 3.
CARL LINDMAN, Th.B.
Bethel Jr. College
Preaching: Pillager, Minn.
Missionary Band 2, 3; Student
Council 3; Class Pres. 3; Student
pastor.
NED HOLMGREN, Th.B.
Bethel Jr. College
Preaching: Isle, Minn.
Vice Pres. Student Council, 1;
Pres. Religious Council 2; Male
Chorus 1, 2, 3, Pres. 2; Vice-Pres.
Class 2; Pres. Alexis 3; Student
pastor 2, 3; Tennis 3.
MAURICE LAWSON, Th.B.
Bethel Jr. College
Student pastor 1, 2, 3; Male Chorus
1, 2, 3, Vice-Pres. 1, 3; Boarding
Club Board 3.
FLORENCE LINDSTROM, Th.B.
Bethel Jr. College
Missionary Band 1, 2, 3; Student
Council 1; Sec'y Alexis 1; News
Editor Clarion 1; Sec'y class 2;
Gospel team 1; Vice-Pres. B. W. A.
2.
In September, 1937, sixteen young men and women en-rolled
in the Seminary junior class. Eleven of the class mem-bers
had graduated from the Junior College, while five came
from other schools.
Herman Tegenfeldt was elected president of the group;
Ned Holmgren, vice-president; and Florence Lindstrom, secre-tary-
treasurer. These officers served for two years. The
activities of the class in this two-year period consisted mainly
of assisting and planning the annual Seminary spring ban-quets.
In the spring of 1939, Carl Lindman was elected president;
Herman Tegenfeldt, vice-president; and Henrietta Carlson,
secretary-treasurer.
Activities for the past year included a toboggan party in
February and a class picnic in May. Each Tuesday evening
from 10 to 11 o'clock the men of the class have gathered for a
- Preachers' meeting" at which time they discussed sermon
outlines. This has proved beneficial to their homiletical pro-ficiency.
Of the sixteen members who enrolled in 1937, six of the
original class have dropped out and two new members have
entered. The graduating class consists of eleven members.
The class gift to the school will be in the form of a $25 gift
for the newly-established Gordh Memorial Fund, the annual
income of which will be awarded to the outstanding junior
Greek student.
HERMAN TEGENFELDT, B.D.
Western Washington College of Education
Preaching: Spring Vale, Minn.
Student Council 1, 2; Missionary Band 1,
2, 3, Pres. 2; Basketball 1; Male Chorus 1,
2, 3, Sec'y 2; A Cappella 1; Student pastor
1, 2, 3; Gospel team 1; Religious Council
2; Sem. Alumni Scholarship 2.
VACLAV VOJTA, B.D.
N. W. Evan. Seminary; Augsburg College,
Minneapolis, Minn.
Preaching: First Slovak Bapt. Church, Min-neapolis,
Minn.
CARL YOUNG, Th.B.
Bethel Jr. College
Male Chorus 1, 2, 3, Treas. 3; Basketball
1, 2, Capt. 2; Baseball 1; Tennis 2, 3;
Vice-Pres. Alexis 2, Pres. 3; Clarion Assoc.
Ed. 1, Co-Ed. 2; Boarding Club Board 1;
Student pastor 2, 3.
C. Holrnberg, G. Peterson, G.
Ferre, A. Bloomquist, S. Larson, V.
Slater, H. Hanson, E. Sherman, S.
Rendahl, V. Olson, K. Johnson, J.
Bergeson, J. Valine, W. Sherwick.
Standing: P. Lundgren, V. Pear-son,
R. Johnson, C. Stripe, G.
Larson, E. Ruff, R. Perrin, L. Hult-gren,
G. Ohsberg, B. Friberg, W.
Hagstrom, L. Petersen, W. Johnson,
F. McClash.
Seated: M. Lovegren, A. Johnson,
C. Lundquist, T. Halvorsen, R. Ol-son,
H. DeCamp.
Not
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pictured:
Arland,
David
Kenneth
Anderson,
Johnson,
Merriam Olson, Robert Paulson,
Stanley Paulson, Lester Pipkin.
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Members of the Seminary middle class are well known for
their unusual signal. Two classmates on seeing one another
each will raise one hand with the middle finger extended.
This official class gesture is usually given as a salutation.
However, in times when the reputation of the class or of a
member is subject to attack from some member of another
class, this signal will bring aid from other middlemen.
This year's middle class is also unusual in that there are
no young women among its fourteen members. Several years
have passed since such a class attended Bethel.
Officers of the middle class during the past year have
been: Carl Holmberg, president; Jack Bergeson, vice-president;
John Valine, secretary; and Alrik Bloomquist, treasurer.
Among the outstanding events of this year's activities was
a class trip to Red Wing, Minnesota. There, the middlemen
met a team from the Red Wing Baptist Church in a basketball
game.
The middle class contains members of some abilities. Gor-don
Peterson is director of the band and student director of the
Male Chorus and A Cappella Choir. Jack Bergeson has for two
years been Steward of the Boarding Club.
Seven of the middlemen have held student pastorates
during the past school year. These preaching stations are:
Alrik Bloomquist, Rusk, Wis.; Gus Ferre, Glen Flora, Wis.; Carl
Holmberg, Isanti (North), Minn.; Kermit Johnson, Lake City,
Minn.; Sidney Larson, Long Lake, Minn.; Stanley Rendahl,
Eastern Heights Chapel, St. Paul- and Vern Slater, Grasston
and New Brunswick, Minn.
During the 1939 vacation the members of the class were
stationed from the east coast to the Pacific and north into
Canada.
Next fall the class members expect to be back in the
Seminary to finish their theological training.
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The official membership of the Seminary junior class is
composed of sixteen members; however, there are ten special
students in the Seminary who are added to this group. In con-trast
to the middle class, there is a high percentage of feminine
representation in this class. There are four regular women
students and two specials.
The Pi Alpha Eta is an exclusive, life-time society of fifteen
men of the first year Seminary class. It was organized last fall
in memory of Dr. Arvid Gordh. Its present officers are: Bertil
Friberg, president; Warren Johnson, secretary; and Carl Lund-quist,
historian.
The Pi Alpha Eta has been meeting once every three
weeks with some preacher as guest and speaker. On one
occasion the group visited Pat Malone at his Anoka home,
where the members saw his collection of stones. Other speak-ers
have been the Reverends Martin Erikson, Milton Lind,
Ewald Conrad, and Prof. Adolf Olson. The society's name is a
transliteration of the life-motto of Dr. Gordh, the English being
-Keep looking up. -
Five of the Junior class women formed also an organiza-tion
which they called - The Better Halves. - On Valentine's
Day this group sponsored a party for the male members of the
class.
The class officers for the past year have been: Truman
Halvorsen, president; Carl Lundquist, vice-president; Alvera
Johnson, secretary; and K. William Hagstrom, treasurer.
The entire class held an outing in the spring as its annual
social function.
Eight members of this group are holding student pas-torates
at the present time. They are: David Anderson, Osce-ola,
Wis.; Bertil Friberg, Mido, Minn.; Truman Halvorsen, Hill-man,
Minn.; Rawlin Johnson, East Balsam, Wis.; Gordon Lar-son,
Hasty, Minn.; Carl Lundquist, Harris, Minn.; Vernon Pear-son,
Hillsdale, Wis.; and Robert Perrin, River Falls, Wis. Most
of the other class members expect to be serving in some form
of the Christian ministry this summer.
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GORDON ANDERSON
Grantsburg, Wisconsin
Clarion 1; Gospel team 1, 2; De-bate
1, 2.
SIDNEY CARLSON
Farwell, Minnesota
Baseball 1; Orchestra 1; Band 1, 2;
A Cappella 1, 2; Male Chorus 1, 2;
Intramural basketball 1, 2; Intra-mural
softball 2; Gospel team 2.
ROBERT HOVINEN
Stanchfield, Minnesota
Gospel team 1; Baseball 1; In-tramural
football 1, 2; Basketball 1,
2; "B" Club 1, 2; Vice-Pres. Col-lege
Club 2; Baseball Mgr. 2.
DONALD JOHNSON, President
Milaca, Minnesota
Basketball 1, 2; Capt. Basketball 2;
Baseball 1, 2; Tennis 1, 2; Intra-mural
football 1, 2; "B" Club 1, 2;
Board member Boarding Club 2;
Gospel team leader 2.
AMBROSE COLLINS
Walker, Minnesota
Gospel team 1, 2; Intramural
basketball 1, 2; Intramural softball
2; Program Comm. Soph. banquet 2.
DORIS JANE EGGLESTON
Alcester, South Dakota
Circ. Mgr. Clarion 2; Orchestra 1;
A Cappella 1, 2; Missionary Band
1, 2; Gospel team 1, 2; Ass't Treas.
B. W. A. 2.
KERMIT JOHNSON
Ludington, Michigan
Pres. Religious Council 1; Male
Chorus 1; Student Council 1; Band
1; Tennis 2.
MARIE LARSEN
Newell, Iowa
Gospel team 1, 2; Basketball 1, 2;
B. W. A. 1, 2.
EUNICE ELMGREN
Rockford, Michigan
Gospel team 1; Missionary Band 1,
2; B. W. A. 1, 2; Treas. College
Club 2.
RUTH ERICKSON
Powers Lake, North Dakota
Clarion reporter 1; A Cappella 1,
2; Missionary Band 1, 2; B. W. A.
1, 2; Gospel team 1, 2.
JOHN LINDQUIST
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Gospel team 1; Debate 1; Intra-mural
basketball, football 2.
DEAN NORDELL
Cambridge, Minnesota
Gospel team 1, 2; Intramural foot-ball
1, 2; Intramural basketball,
softball 2; Pres. College Club 2;
Male Chorus 2; Vice-Pres. A Cap-pella
2.
DALPHY FAGERSTROM
Duluth, Minnesota
Gospel team leader 2; Clarion staff
2; Spire staff 2; Intramural football,
basketball 2; Baseball 2; Treas.
College Club 2; Pres. N. Y. A.
Club 2.
GLADYS HANSON
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Clarion reporter 1, 2; B. W. A. 1.
2; Sec'y A Cappella 2.
FRANCIS OTTO
Bristol, Connecticut
As.::'t Editor Spire 1; Debate 1, 2;
Gospel team leader 2; Pres. Col-lege
Club 2; Basketball Mgr. 2;
"B" Club 2; Intramural basketball,
softball 2.
LEMUEL PETERSEN
St. Paul, Minnesota
Vice-Pres. Freshman class; Gos-pel
team 1, 2; Editor, Student Pub-lications
2.
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CAMERA SHY—
Raymond Johnson
Robert Perrin
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DEL RAY PETERSON
Braham, Minnesota
Gospel team 1; Treas. College Club
1; Band 1, 2; Tennis 1; Basketball
1, 2; Baseball 1, 2; Intramural foot-ball
1, 2; "B" Club 1, 2.
ETHEL RUFF
Wetaskewin, Alberta, Canada
Clarion staff 1; Gospel team 1, 2;
Student missionary 1, 2; B. W. A.
1, 2; Spire staff 2; Missionary Band
2.
Fourth row: R. Johnson, L. Hult-gren,
G. Anderson, L. Petersen,
D. West, D. Peterson, A. Johnson,
F. Otto, D. Anderson, V. Hauk, 0.
Nelson.
Third row: J. Lindquist, D. Fager-strom,
D. Nordell, D. Miller, R.
Hovinen, S. Carlson, A. Collins,
H. Rogers, G. Anderson, L. Shold.
Second row: V. Fons, A. Johnson,
M. Melin, E. Finstrom, D. J. Eggle-ston,
M. Larsen, R. Erickson, H.
Heath, G. Hanson, L. Smith.
First row: G. Widen, G. Samuel-son,
D. Webster, D. Johnson, J.
Johnson, C. E. Carlson, E. Elmgren,
E. Ruff.
1, 2; Mission-
)-Pres. Men's
Comm. 2;
.irmn. Gospel
Band 2.
Treasurer
LLOYD SHOLD
Grand Marais, Minnesota
Gospel team 2; Vice-Pres. College
Club 2; Spire staff 2; Clarion staff
2; Chautauquan Comm. 2; Sec'y-
Treas. N. Y. A. Club 2; Tennis 2.
CONSTANCE SWANSON
St. Paul, Minnesota
Clarion staff 1; Ass't Sec'y B. W.
A. 1, 2; Art Editor Spire 1, 2; Re-ligious
Council 1, 2; A Cappella 1,
2; Vice-Pres. B. W. A. 2; Interpreta-tive
Reading 2.
DOROTHY WEBSTER, Secretary
Dodgeville, Wisconsin
A Cappella 1, 2; Ass't Sec'y B. W.
A. 2; Clarion reporter 2; Gospel
team 2.
ANNABELLE SHERMAN
Angora, Minnesota
Treas. B. W. A. 1; Gospel team 1,
2; Vice-Pres. B. W. A. 2; Sec'y
College Club 2.
During the past two years the sophomores have furthered their education,
have established permanent friendships, have increased their abilities
through extra-curricular activities, and have enjoyed fellowship in times of
recreation.
The sophomore class has a membership of 48. Of these, some will come
back to the Junior College and Seminary, others will go on to schools of
higher education, and yet others will find full-time employment.
The class has had several social activities this last year. The first event
was held November 24 at the Minnehaha Park lodge in Minneapolis. The
students came dressed for a "hard time'' party. In January, the second-year
students went to Como Park for a toboggan party.
The traditional sophomore dinner was held on April 26 in the College
Coffee Shoppe. The banquet program was a take-off on Edward Spenser's
"Fairie Queene. - The theme of the occasion was "Miss America versus
Chivalry. - Grant Samuelson was the toastmaster, and Don Johnson, Olga
Anderson, Viola Waihela, and Ethel Ruff responded with toasts.
On May 7, the sophomore students gathered at the lake home of Dean
and Mrs. Emery Johnson. There they had an afternoon of recreation, picnic-ing,
and singing.
Another adventure of the second-year class was the sponsoring of the
last three Chautauquan programs of the spring semester. This was an attempt
to raise money for the class gift. Olaf Nelson and Lloyd Shold were placed in
charge of promotion. A lecture on propaganda in the news, a demonstration
of the high degree of efficiency with which a police dog was companion and
guide to a blind man, and a rehearsal of Admiral Richard E. Byrd's expedition
to the Antarctic continent were the three programs presented.
Donald Johnson guided the class during the year in all of its activities.
He was assisted by Joyce Johnson, vice-president; Dorothy Webster, secretary;
Grant Samuelson, treasurer; and Prof. C. E. Carlson, faculty adviser.
The members of the sophomore class will, in years to come, treasure the
memories gathered during their sojourn at Bethel Junior College.
With commencement on June 8, another milestone will have been com-pleted
in the lives of the 24 graduating sophomores. Yet commencement will
mean but the threshold to larger spheres of influence and activity.
Second row: E. Malm, M. Melin,
0. Palmquist, M. Jacobson, L.
Smith, V. Carlson, L. Bellstrom, V.
Fons.
First row: V. Carlson, A. Pres-cott,
R. Erickson, M. Dahlquist, L.
Johnson, L. Bersell, M. Lundholm,
N. Billings, T. Clemenson.
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F-,ur;h row: R. Wallin, B. Ham-me
beck, W. Ogren, E. Anderson,
A. Johnson, D. Bjork, R. Kephart,
G. Nelson, L. Marquardt, M. Swan-son,
G. Johnson, W. Nordine, H.
Mickelson, K. Norquist, W. Dahl-strom,
M. Toews, M. Olson.
Third row: D. Berry, C. Swanson,
S. M. Swensson, L. Joonson, E. Ja-cobson,
G. Swanson, H. Sorensen,
M. Petersen, A. Johnson, M. Ben-nett,
B. Bennett, M. Oliver, L. Bron-loewe,
G. Hoglund.
Second row: B. Johnson, L. Bell-strom,
H. Fossum, L. Pearson, D.
Molander, V. Carlberg, M. Lund-holm,
L. Chance, M. Johanson, L.
Berglund, B. Danielson, E. Lund-berg.
First row: M. A. Liljenstrom, J.
Davenport, V. Carlson, G. Nyman,
Adviser W. Adam, G. Soule, C. J.
Engwall, H. Fossum, M. Dahlquist.
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It was lost and gone f °revert The dignity and intelligence, expressed on
the faces of many students upon their graduation from high school the previous
June, was utterly lacking when the newcomers made their first appearances
in the corridors of Bethel on September 7, 1939, to take their placement tests.
They stood in the hall chattering, becoming acquainted, and forming impres-sions
of each other and the school. Everyone was thirsty, and that day the
hall fountain poured forth relief as it never had—since last year. A few
students were already homesick. It wasn't difficult to distinguish them, staring
into space with two sparkling eyes. There was the usual querying, "Where
are you from?" usually followed by -Where is that?"
At last the hour arrived. A teacher appeared in the hall and guided the
newcomers into the chapel. There was much whispering and guessing as to
who this one might be, but the confusion was interrupted by the distribution
of test blanks.
On Friday afternoon following the examination, the class was taken on
a tour of the Twin Cities, after which the members enjoyed a picnic in Como
Park. This event was memorable in many ways—friendships were born that
are still developing, the glow of Christian fellowship was experienced by all,
and then, too, the first introduction to Como Park was made.
A reception was given by the Student Council on Friday evening, Sep-tember
15. Here again these new freshmen were made to feel at ease by
learning a few more names and faces.
The freshmen soon adopted the vocabulary and habits peculiar to Bethel
students. By the time everyone was caught in the momentum of school
routine, a meeting was called to elect officers of the class. Gene Nyman was
chosen president. Carol Jane Engwall was selected to be his assistant.
Virginia Carlson became the scribe, and Glen Soule the custodian of finance.
The class also chose Coach William Adam as its adviser.
In the class meetings that followed, suggestions were made for socials
and parties. January 15 marked the date for one of the outstanding events;
it was a "Kids' Party, - at which all the freshmen joined heartily in re-living
their childhood days.
The next direction that the class took was toward the task of raising
money in order that it might entertain the members of the sophomore class
at the annual banquet. For this purpose a program in the form of a Big Bethel
Broadcast was presented. The success of the event was due to the splendid
cooperation of the class and to the leadership of the president.
The members of the freshman class of 1939-40 are looking forward to
returning to Bethel next year in the hope that deeper spiritual experiences,
new intellectual attainments, and closer fellowship with one another might
round out their Junior College days.
When roll was called in the Christian Workers' Department last fall,
16 students responded. Later, four more enrollees joined the group to bring
the number up to 20.
There was a merging of east, west, and middle-west in this group with
three students coming from the east, five from the west, and twelve from the
middle-west.
The first class event of the year was in the form of a party with Mr. and
Mrs. A. J. Wingblade as host and hostess. The evening was spent in playing
games and singing.
In contrast with the indoor party was the outdoor picnic held at Minnehaha
Park. If the weather was a bit cold, no one objected. The cheery blaze of
the campfire and the enthusiastic spirit of the girls made the atmosphere
comfortable. The evening was occupied with singing, conversing with one
another, and, of course, eating.
Two programs were presented by the group for themselves, one at
Christmas and one at Easter, in which almost every student took part. One
chapel service was conducted by these students.
The following objectives of the Christian Workers' Course have been
adopted in order to equip young people for efficient Christian service. The
student should:
1. Have personal experience of the power of prayer and of the importance
of spiritual nourishment.
2. Obtain an outline knowledge of the entire Bible and a detailed knowl-edge
of the most frequently used books.
3. Have a knowledge of, and an acquaintance with, the techniques and
tools for making available spiritual truth.
4. Have thought through, and defined his position in regard to, the major
Christian doctrines.
5. Be conversant with the history of the spread of Christianity.
6. Have knowledge of, and be able to apply, the best methods of Bible
school teaching and organization.
7. Have an understanding of the psychic make-up of children and
adolescents.
8. Have a rational outlook toward social, political, and economic
problems.
9. Be capable of intense study in making individual preparation.
Although a student is not preparing for full-time Christian work, it is
advisable for him to include at least one or two Christian Workers' courses
in his program. Very few high school students know enough about the
doctrines of the Bible. If they do not enter the Seminary or a Bible school. it
is doubtful if they ever will obtain such knowledge.
The Christian Workers' Course provides this training under the capable
guidance of Prof. Ernest Norstrom, Miss Esther Sabel, Dr. G. Arvid Hagstrom,
and Prof. A. J. Wingblade.
Seated: Prof. Hultgren.
Standing: C. Lundquist, M. Love-gren,
E. Tederman, E. Larson, C.
Engwall, J. Johnson, D. J. Eggle-ston,
and F. McOlash.
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"Praise the Lord with harp: sing unto Him with psaltery and an instru-ment
of ten strings. Sing unto Him a new song; play skillfully with a loud
noise."—Psalm 33:2, 3.
Man has found many avenues through which to meet and worship God,
but he has found none more poignant or expressive than the avenue of
music. Among primitive people this means of contact was merely a rough
and bumpy footpath, but for the Christian of today, it has become a smooth,
flowing highway to the throne of God. More than that it has become the
reflector through which one man may show the spiritual glory and wealth
of his God to his fellowman, and also God's desire to impart that wealth and
glory to all of mankind.
However, skill is necessary to execute a truly beautiful piece of music.
A good musician is a good craftsman, and in order to become a good crafts-man
he must have the secrets of his craft revealed to him by one who himself
is an artist in his trade.
We have two such men at Bethel. George G. Hultgren, the well-known
instructor in voice and leader of choral groups, is Bethel's director of music.
His ability to recognize talent and develop its potentialities to the fullest
extent, his patience in ironing out rough spots in either the Male Chorus or
the A Cappella Choir, and the kindly humor and jollity that characterizes his
every contact with student life—these things have made Hultgren a school
favorite.
Hultgren knows his music well. He studied under David Bispham and
Oscar Seagle of New York City. He received instruction from Prof. Wither-spoon
and Oscar Saenger, the famous oratorio coach. He spent some time
in Milan, Italy, as a pupil of Gaetano Rebonato. At present, he is an instructor
at the MacPhail School of Music, and he also serves as organist at the Central
Lutheran Church in Minneapolis.
Theodore Bergman is Bethel's instructor in piano and theory. There is
a vibrant buoyancy and boundless energy about Bergman that finds expres-sion
even in his music. He is not only an artist, but he is also a teacher. He
is able to interpret and fill every need of his pupils.
He, too, has served a long and faithful apprenticeship. He was a pupil
of Hamlin Hunt, Glen Dillard Gunn, Rudolph Ganz of Chicago, and Arthur
Fredheim of New York City. At present he is an instructor in the MacPhail
School of Music and organist at the First Baptist Church in Minneapolis.
Although Bethel's music department is small, its quality is excellent.
The school is indeed fortunate in having two such able musicians on its faculty.
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Standing: R. Johnson, M. Swan-son,
W. Sherwick, C. Lindman, G.
Larson, 0. Nelson, E. Ruff, S. La--
son, R. Kephart, T. Halvorsen, R.
Erickson, W. Hagstrom, G. Ohs-bera,
B. Johnson, H. Tegenfeldt,
V. Pearson, E. Malm, L. Hultgren,
G. Samuelson, S. Paulson, E. An-derson.
Seated: P. Lundgren, V. Carlson,
E. Tederman, M. Johanson, L. Berg-lund,
M. Lovegren, R. Olson, H.
DeCamp, E. Lundberg, J. Daven-port.
D. J. Eggleston, L. Pearson,
G. Swanson, V. Fons, P. Peterson,
F. Lindstrom, A. Johnson.
From left to right: P. Peterson,
H. Rogers, P. Lundgren, W. Hag-strom,
G. Ohsberg.
Throughout the year the Religious Council held weekly meetings to dis-cuss
its plans and strengthen the groups subordinate to it.
Once a month the leaders of the Gospel teams, prayer bands, and those
in charge of morning devotions at the Boarding Club, were invited to meet
with the executive officers.
The president of the Council, Herschel Rogers, was in charge of the stu-dent
chapels on Friday of each week.
Those who assisted Rogers in the work of the Council were: George Ohs-berg,
vice-president; Pearl Peterson, secretary; Paul Lundgren, treasurer; and
William Hagstrom.
To stimulate interest in Gospel team work as well as to inspire more
active participation, a Gospel Team Rally was held November 13.
During the first semester of the year 1939-40 there were five Gospel teams
actively engaged in various fields of religious service. The leaders of these
teams were: Glenn Anderson, Robert Paulson, Francis Otto, Donald Johnson,
and Val Hauk.
The beginning of the second semester saw the following Gospel team
leaders installed: Dalphy Fagerstrom, Dean Berry, Rodney Kephart, Olaf Nel-son,
and Leonard Hultgren.
The Religious Council sponsored an Easter Gospel team trip which took
a group through Western Illinois for a period of five days.
A recent survey indicated that all Bethel students with the exception of
23 men and six women were actively engaged in some form of Christian serv-ice.
A later survey revealed that 11 of these exceptions rallied to the teams.
Another act of the Council was to reimburse the Missionary Band for the
expenses the Band had incurred in transporting its teams during the year.
The Gospel teams reported that their meetings have been encouraging
and not without results. Members of the prayer bands have had sweet fellow-ship
with one another and God. The vision of an active -prayer and praise
ministry" has been caught.
It is our anticipation that Bethel will go forward from grace to grace, and
from glory to glory through her various religious activities.
The Missionary Band is one of the outstanding religious organi=tions on
Bethel's campus. Its main purpose is the promotion of the missionary vision
and interest at Bethel. As such, all its activities center directly about the stu-dents'
relation to missions, not in the foreign field alone, but in all its aspects.
For this year the officers have been: William Hagsftom, president; Ethel Ruff,
vice-president; Mildred Lovegren, secretary-treasurer, and Prof. Adolf Olson,
faculty adviser.
Every month the Missionary Band has held a meeting. At three of these
gatherings returned missionaries from China told stories of the work from the
fields. At two of the meetings motion pictures of missionary endeavors were
presented. Dr. Ewald Chalberg, at another meeting, emphasized the "Pre-requisites
of a Missionary." One of the outstanding occasions was that one
at which Dr. William Axling of Japan told of the unusual work of Kagawa.
Each of these meetings stressed the practical relationship between the students
and missions.
The climax of this year's program was a Student Missionary Conference
Retreat at Medicine Lake. Students from seven colleges net for three days
for the purpose of gaining a renewed vision of missionary opportunities. The
Lord so led that Bethel students were able to earn sufficient money to attend.
Throughout the Retreat Rev. Clarence Hanson of St. Paul stressed the impor-tance
of abiding in Christ as revealed in the fifteenth chapter of John. Mrs.
Stadsklev, a missionary from Africa, challenged the young people with the
moving story of her labors with the Baouli tribe. At the soul-energizing Sun-day
morning session the entire group pledged its willingness to do whatever
the Lord willed.
Within the past year there has been a steady growth of missionary inter-est
at Bethel. The Missionary Band hopes to raise its membership of forty-two
individuals to even higher numbers as the interest grows. The members are
anticipating mighty things from God in the years to come.
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The five Bethel Gospel teams of
1939-40 have been under the leader-ship
of George Ohsberg, vice-presi-dent
of the Religious Council. Each
team has taken care of approximate-ly
three assignments in every four
weeks.
The purpose of the Gospel teams
has been to spread the Word of God
to the unsaved and to encourage
Christians in their living. This ob-jective
has been accomplished by
the distribution of tracts and by
holding meetings in old people's
homes, missions, young people's so-cieties,
country and city churches,
hospitals, and by leading street
meetings. Two thousand tracts were
distributed during the first semester
of school, and 3,000 the second se-mester.
There -\nrere 72 Bethel students ac-tively
engaged in Gospel team en-deavors
up to the end of the school
year. The teams served not only as
ministering agents to the needs of
outsiders, but provided opportunities
for their own members to develop
the talents which the Lord had be-stowed
upon them.
The Gospel team leaders for the
first semester were: Glenn Anderson,
Francis Otto, Val Hauk, Robert
Paulson, and Donald Johnson.
Leaders during the second se-mester
were: Dalphy Fagerstrom,
Dean Berry, Rodney Kephart, Olaf
Nelson, and Leonard Hultgrem.
Third row: E. Sherman, N. Holm-gren,
C. Lindman, H. Tegenfeldt,
D. Anderson, S. Larson, C. Young,
T. Halvorsen, M. Lawson.
Second row: J. Bergeson, C.
Holmberg, V. Pearson, V. Olson,
0. Johnson, R. Goodman, S. Ren-dahl,
H. Hanson, and K. Johnson.
First row: W. Julien, A. Bloom-quist,
V. Slater, B. Fleming, E.
Ruff, B. Friberg, G. Larson, and
D. Miller.
One of the foremost advantages of the Seminary training course lies in
the fact that even while students are preparing for full-time service they are
provided with actual church work through their student pastorates.
Opportunities for pastoral experience were offered to approximately 25
young men from the school who, during the past year, served churches in
Minnesota and Wisconsin. The training derived by the students was valu-able
in offering occasions for dealing with actual pastoral problems. Con-ducting
services, performing visitation work, and, above all, dealing with the
spiritual problems of men and women provided an excellent proving-ground
for the future Baptist pastors.
Most of the student pastorates consisted of small churches which were
unable to support a full-time preacher.
Most of the student pastors will continue in their fields during the coming
summer, laboring in the work of the Lord. Permanent calls have been ac-cepted
by some of the seniors who graduated this spring and thus they will
begin their first, full-time ministry.
A list of the student pastors and the memberships of their churches are as
follows:
Church Membership
David Anderson Osceola, Wis. 12
Alrik Bloomquist Rusk, Wis. 30
Gustave Ferre Glen Flora, Wis. 70
Bruce Fleming Ebenezer, Duluth, Minn. 138
Bertil Friberg Mido, Minn. 38
Rodger Goodman Roseland, Chicago, Ill. 170
Truman Halvorsen Hillman, Minn. 84
Carl Holmberg North Isanti, Minn. 177
Ned Holmgren Isle, Minn. 86
Kermit Johnson Lake City, Minn. 34
Orville Johnson Clear Lake, Gibbon, Minn. 35
Rawlin Johnson Balsam Lake, Wis. 55
Walter Julien Becker, Minn. 59
Gordon Larson Hasty, Minn. 25
Sidney Larson Long Lake, Minn. 15
Carl Lindman Pillager, Minn. 40
Carl Lundquist Harris, Minn. 33
Dury Miller Wood River, Wis. 39
Falun, Wis. 30
Vernon Pearson Hillsdale, Wis. 39
Stanley Rendahl Eastern Heights, St. Paul, Minn. 40
Vern Slater Grasston, Minn. 67
Brunswick 54
Herman Tegenfeldt Spring Vale, Minn. 41
Vaclav Vojta Slovak Baptist, Minneapolis 150
Male Ch44444 4 earre& e404.4
Director: Prof. Hultgren; M. Law-son,
F. McOlash, C. Young, D.
Bjork, N. Holmgren, W. Johnson,
S. Carlson, G. Peterson, G. Soule,
V. Olson, A. Johnson, G. Larson,
C. Holmberg, T. Halvorsen, R.
Goodman, R. Perrin, 0. Johnson, H.
Tegonfeldt, C. Lundquist, H. Han-son,
J. Valine, A. Bloomquist, R.
Paulson.
Second row: S. Carlson, D.
Bjork, D. Nordell, W. Johnson, F.
McOlash, B. Hammerbeck, A. John-son,
G. Peterson, Prof. Hultgren,
A. Bloomquist, R. Paulson, A. John-son,
W. Ogren, S. Larson, K. Nor-quist,
L. Hultgren, D. Fagerstrom.
First row: M. Lovegren, A. Pres-cott,
G. Swanson, L. Bellstrom, R.
Erickson, M. A. Liljenstrom, L.
Pearson, J. Davenport, H. Soren-sen,
E. Tederman, R. Olson, D. J.
Eggleston, V. Carlson, P. Peterson,
E. Jacobson, G. Hanson, J. Johnson,
L. Smith, E. Larson, A. Johnson,
M. Petersen, D. Webster.
"Yes, we had a wonderful time," echoed and re-echoed the halls of the
Seminary building on the evening of April 13 as the Bethel Male Chorus re-turned
from its tour of the East. "We were royally received everywhere, but
after being gone for three weeks, it's good to be back again," was the unani-mous
opinion.
George Hultgren, the director of the Chorus, is an outstanding soloist and
voice instructor. During the summer of 1940 he will teach in the music depart-ment
of the University of Southern California. At present, he is director of
the Minneapolis A Cappella Choir.
Clarence Olson, a former Bethel student who at present is organist of the
Cambridge Baptist Church, accompanied the Chorus. Gordon Peterson was
the student director.
The itinerary for this season included concerts in Illinois, Michigan, New
York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, Delaware, Pennsylvania, and
Ohio. Apart from its spring excursion, the Male Chorus also gave concerts in
the First Covenant Church and Central Baptist Church, St. Paul, and in Isle,
Minnesota.
During the fall semester the Male Chorus held a pow-wow at Hidden Falls
where they played games and fried hamburgers over an open fireplace. In
May the young men were invited to the home of Prof. Hultgren for an evening
of singing and typical Male Chorus merry-making.
With a restricted membership of from 20 to 25 students, the young men
enjoy true Christian fellowship while they learn the finer points of musical
interpretation and appreciation.
The officers for the past year were: Virgil Olson, president; Maurice
Lawson, vice-president; Orville Johnson, secretary; Francis McOlash, treas-urer,
and Sidney Carlson, librarian.
In September, 32 selected singers met in the College chapel for the first
A Cappella practice, directed by our honored Professor George Hultgren.
The aim of this organization is to develop harmony and unity of tone, preci-sion
of interpretation, and, above all, to receive instruction in rightly using
one of God's most treasured gifts to His children, the human voice.
The officers were the same for the fall and spring semesters: Ethel Teder-man,
president; Dean Nordell, vice-president; Gladys Hanson, secretary; Alrik
Bloomquist, treasurer; Joyce Johnson, librarian, and Gordon Peterson, student
director.
The choir has made three appearances this season: the first was at the
impressive Christmas program, the second at the Visitors' Day program, both
being held in the College chapel, and the third at the commencement exer-cises
held at the Central Baptist Church of St. Paul.
The repertoire this year included:
"The Nightingale" Tchaikovsky
"The Music of Life" Noble Cain
"The Night Has a Thousand Eyes'' Noble Cain
"Listen to the Lambs" R. N. Dett
"Cherubim Song - M. Glinka
"Bless the Lord, 0 My Soul" Ippolitof-Ivanof
"When Children Pray'' Beatrice Fenner
"Jesus, Our Lord, We Adore Thee" W. James
"Beautiful Saviour" F. M. Christiansen
"Lost in the Night'' F. M. Christiansen
"This Night" F. M. Christiansen
"Today There Is Ringing" F. M. Christiansen
"Lullaby On Christmas Eve" F. M. Christiansen
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Special musical groups added much
to the interest and enjoyment of the
Homecoming program, Chautauquan
programs, Chapel services, Missionary
Band meetings, and other programs
within the school. Throughout the
year, these musicians have sung or
played at churches in St. Paul, Minne-apolis,
and other Minnesota cities.
Among the College and Seminary stu-den:.
s, there are five organized musical
groups consisting of: two male quar-tets,
two women's trios, and one instru-mental
trio.
The Four Flats, a male quartet com-posed
of Virgil Olson, first tenor; Gor-don
Peterson, second tenor; Ned Holm-gren,
baritone; and John Valine, sec-ond
base, sang at the Male Chorus
concerts at Isle, Minnesota, and the
Central Baptist Church, St. Paul, as
well as at school programs.
The other male quartet, composed of
Sidney Carlson, first tenor; Archie
_ Johnson, second tenor; Wilbur Ogren,
baritone; and Dale Bjork, second base,
sang in the Cities as well as at Chis-holm,
Minnesota.
The women's trio, made up of Al-vera
Johnson, Ruth Olson and Joyce
Johnson, represented Bethel at the
Northwest District Rally at Willmar,
and also in the churches at Fergus
Falls, Eveleth, and Virginia, Minne-sota.
This trio, accompanied by Miss
Enid Platts and Ethel Ruff, will repre-sent
Bethel this summer on a tour that
is planned to include many of the
Swedish Conference churches.
The women's trio, composed of Ethel
Tederman, Elizabeth Larson, and Vir-ginia
Carlson, sang at services at East
Rock Creek, Long Lake, and North and
South Isanti, Minnesota.
The string trio, composed of Alvera
Johnson, violinist; Gordon Peterson,
cellist, and Virgil Olson, pianist, played
at the South Isanti Church, Twin City
churches, and at the annual freshman-sophomore
banquet of Bethel.
Each Thursday afternoon during the past school year band members met
in the College chapel for rehearsal with Gordon Peterson as director.
The band has provided entertainment at various school activities. It
played for most of the home basketball games, accompanied the student body
on a basketball trip to Rochester, played music in keeping with the cowboy
theme of the Homecoming banquet in November, presented half-hour con-certs
preceding several Chautauquan programs, and brought musical selec-tions
for the Class Day exercises.
The band has been growing steadily in size and improving in technique
and ability since its organization three years ago. The school has cooperated
generously with this musical organization in providing seven instruments
which the students have been allowed to use. Several new instruments will
be made available for the band before the school season opens again.
The organization's musical library has been enlarged this year, and plans
are being made to increase the repertoire by adding several new marches,
serenades, waltzes, and lighter classics.
The school grants awards for participation in this organization. This year
Alrik Bloomquist, Sidney Carlson, and Dury Miller have merited recognition
for two years of faithful service in the band.
On November 20 members and their friends went on a hay ride party
from the Eaton Stables.
Membership in the band is voluntary. Although the school gives no
credits for the hours spent in rehearsal attendance, students have enjoyed
giving of their time to this organization because of the personal benefit and
pleasure which they have been able to obtain. Under the efficient leadership
of Gordon Peterson the members have received valuable training, not only
in the fundamentals of band technique, but also in the principles of blending
tones with one another.
A mutual feeling of appreciation between the director and the members
of the band has fostered a spirit which has been conducive to active partici-pation
in the activities of the past year.
Director: G. Peterson.
Trumpets: 0. Palmquist, A. John-son,
W. Ogren, S. Carlson, D.
Ferry, B. Friberg.
Drums: A. Bloomquist, E. Ander-son.
Clarinets: E. S'aerman, H. De-
Camp.
Baritones D. Miller, K. Norquist,
R. Perrin.
Baritone saxophone: R. Goodman.
Trcmbone: M. P3tersen.
Frcnch horns: M. Toews, G.
Soule, F. McClash.
Standing: V. Pearson.
Seated: R. Johnson, F. Otto, E.
Platts, G. Anderson, G. Hoglund.
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The argumentation class began with the fall semester, thereby giving the
debaters an early start for the year's activities.
Under the supervision of Miss Enid Platts, forensic director, six men repre-sented
Bethel at several debates and tournaments. The debate squad con-sisted
of Gunnar Hoglund, Gordon Anderson, Francis Otto, George Ohsberg,
Raymond Johnson, and Vernon Pearson.
The Pi Kappa Delta question for discussion this year was, "Resolved, that
the United States should follow a policy of strict (economic and military) isola-tion
toward all nations outside of the Western Hemisphere engaged in armed
international or civil conflict. - Because of the current interest focused on the
European situation and our own Congress of the United States, this question
provided many avenues for thorough investigation.
Several non-decision, practice debates were held with neighboring
colleges. The schools which Bethel's team met were: the Farm School of the
University of Minnesota, St. Thomas College, Concordia College, and Hamline
University.
The team also entered two tournaments in which debaters from 10 other
colleges and universities were represented. The first tournament was held at
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, and the second at River Falls, Wisconsin. In the latter
Bethel won three out of the four debates which the squad had entered.
As a climax to a successful debate season a spring outing was held in con-junction
with other forensic students.
Third row: S. Paulson, G. Hog-lund,
D. Anderson.
Second row: F. IvIcOlazh, E.
Plaits.
First row: V. Carlson, C. Swan-son,
A. Johnson, J. Johnson.
Bethel can well be proud of the progress that has been made this year
in the forensic department. Several innovations have accommodated more
student participation. In competition with schools of the Southern Minnesota
Junior College Conference, Bethel representatives also won high honors for
themselves.
Under the direction of Miss Enid Platts, forensic director, interpretative
reading and extemporaneous speaking were added to the list of speech
activities. Oratory was continued again this year. In a series of all-school
elimination contests students were selected to represent Bethel in the Con-ference
meet.
The forensic festival was held this year in Mankato on April 27. Seven of
the eight students who were privileged to go to the speech meet were awarded
superior ratings. Although 45 junior college students from six schools took
part in the contest, Bethel won seven of the eleven superior ratings given.
Bethel had as its representatives in Mankato the following: interpretative
reading participants—Constance Swanson and Violet Carlson, poetry; Alvera
Johnson and Joyce Johnson, prose; Francis McOlash and Joyce Johnson, drama.
Stanley Paulson took part in extemporaneous speaking, and David Anderson
and Gunnar Hoglund participated in oratory.
At an evening banquet at the same occasion, three of the outstanding
participants in the festival were chosen to give their selections. Miss Swanson,
reading - Old- by John V. A. Weaver, and Hoglund, giving his oration on the
moving picture industry, were accorded this honor, the third student being
from Bethany Lutheran College of Mankato.
The results obtained this year in forensics are gratifying to all who are
interested in the activities of Bethel. Already, further plans are being made to
improve to even higher degrees Bethel's forensic department.
Standing: L. Smith, V. Pearson,
D. Webster, G. Anderson, G. Hog-lund,
M. Johanson, E. Finstrom, M.
Petersen, H. Sorensen, B. Daniel-son,
M. A. Liljenstrom, C. J. Eng-wall,
A. Johnson, M. Toews, L.
Shold.
Seated: G. Han:.on, D. Bjork, L.
Petersen, S. M. Swensson, E. Platts,
S. Rondahl, D. J. Eggleston.
Standing: R. Johnson, P. Lund-gren,
C. Lundquist, C. Bjorklund,
S. M. S),vensson, E. Anderson, D.
Molander, M. A. Liljenstrom, S.
Rendahl, B. Danielson, 0. Ander-son,
M. Petersen, E. Platts, A.
Johnson, G. Hoglund, E. Larson, D.
Fagerstrom.
Seated: L. Petersen, A. Johnson,
G. Anderson, J. Johnson, C. J.
Engwall, H. Sorenson, L. Shold.
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Every other Wednesday of the past year Bethel students have lingered in
the vicinity of their mailboxes, awaiting with anticipation their copies of the
CLARION, the school newspaper.
Upon the arrival of the long looked-for publication, a general scramble
would ensue until every student had been able to obtain his copy.
Then followed a quick scanning of all of the articles until the eyes would
rest on a feature story or a choice bit of campus gossip, or whatever suited
the mood of the reader.
Those responsible for the production of this publication were as follows:
Lemuel Petersen, editor; Dale Bjork, campus editor; Bernard Hammerbeck,
Elna Finstrom and Vernon Pearson, sports; Carol Jane Engwall, Gladys Han-son,
Mary Ann Liljenstrom, Muriel Petersen, Leone Smith, Helen Sorensen, and
Viola Waihela, features; Glenn Anderson, Betty Danielson, Dalphy Fager-strom,
Gunnar Hoglund, Archie Johnson, Miriam Johanson, Lloyd Shold, Sara
Mae Swensson, Marvin Toews, Robert Wallin, and Dorothy Webster, news
reporters; Grace Widen, typist, and Miss Enid Platts, editorial adviser. On
the business staff were: Stanley Rendahl, manager; Doris Jane Eggleston,
circulation manager; Archie Johnson, circulation assistant, and Dean Emery
Johnson, business adviser.
The CLARION has filled an important place in school life. All phases of
regular and extra-curricular activities have been covered by one or more stu-dents.
Interesting news items, events of importance to the students, sports
reports, interviews, poems, jokes, incidentals, and a devotional section have
added color and life to the publication.
The entire CLARION staff has cooperated in the endeavor to produce a
paper which would represent adequately every aspect of school life in an
informative, enlightening manner.
The school newspaper was increased this year to a four-column bi-weekly
paper. This was made possible by the larger amount of advertising which
was sold. There were 15 editions put out during the year.
A Student Publications' Department was established also this year. This
provided for a harmonious working of the staffs of the CLARION and SPIRE.
Both publications had their headquarters in the same office. Both also had the
advantage of the same editorial experience.
On October 23, the CLARION staff sponsored an all-school skating party
at the Rollerdrome on University Avenue for the purpose of raising finances
for the budget of the paper. About 80 students enjoyed themselves for the
evening in Christian fellowship.
With the coming of the next school year, the new CLARION staff hopes
to attain greater heights in the field of student publications.
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With eagerness, the staff which was elected to publish the 1940 SPIRE
took on its duties at the beginning of the second semester. The group imme-diately
laid plans for a larger yearbook; it was decided to increase the number
of pages, include more pictures and features, and represent more fully the
school life. Although limited by lack of finances and time, the staff turned out
a book which it feels is creditable to Bethel.
Carol Jane Engwall was elected to the position of editing this year's
annual. She was assisted on the editorial staff by the following writers:
Elving Anderson, Olga Anderson, Henrietta Carlson, Gunnar Hoglund, Eleanor
Jacobson, Archie Johnson, Arlene Johnson, Joyce Johnson, Carl Lundquist,
Ethel Ruff, Helen Sorenson, Marvin Toews, and Viola Waihela. Bernard Ham-merbeck
served as Sports editor.
Glenn Anderson was chosen as Business Manager. His duties ranged
from the selling of advertising to the handling of financial receipts. Doris
Molander was an advertising assistant. A corps of ten students helped to
secure subscriptions from members of the student body. These solicitors were:
Dale Bjork, Betty Danielson, Dalphy Fagerstrom, Gunnar Hoglund, Robert Hov-inen,
Archie Johnson, Rawlin Johnson, Elizabeth Larson, Mary Ann Lilj en-strom,
and John Lindquist. A drive was organized to enlist outside subscrip-tions.
This project was supervised by Arlene Johnson, Paul Lundgren, and
Lloyd Shold. Muriel Petersen managed the circulation and distribution of
the annual. Sara Mae Swensson served as stenographer for the staff.
The art work for the SPIRE was done by Constance Swanson, this being
her second year in the capacity as Art editor. No one knows the hours she
spent planning and executing layouts for the annual. Her work enhances
the book immensely.
Clifford Bjorklund used many hours in taking and developing snapshots
for the SPIRE. As staff photographer, he has done commendable work.
The production of the 1940 SPIRE was supervised by Lemuel Petersen and
Stanley Rendahl, who were elected Editor and Business Manager of Student
Publications, respectively. Faculty advisers of the publication were: Miss
Enid Platts, literary, and Dean Emery Johnson, business.
The staff feels rewarded for its hours of work and its load of worry and
planning if the 1940 SPIRE adds to the glory of Bethel Junior College and
Seminary.
Members of the Student Publications department (CLARION and SPIRE
staffs) had a dinner on February sixth to promote enthusiasm for the pub-lishing
of the yearbook. A working relationship has existed between the two
staffs throughout the year.
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NYA workers organized into a new club this year for the
purpose of encouraging more efficient work and closer co-operation,
and of providing an opportunity for group fellow-ship
and activity. The members met each month for a
luncheon.
The officers for this year have been: Dalphy Fagerstrom,
president; Gunnar Hoglund, vice-president; Lloyd Shold, sec-retary-
treasurer; Rodney Kephart, sergeant-at-arms; and Hil-ton
Hanson, adviser.
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The Alexis Literary Society is a campus organization for
ministerial students. It gives exercise for clearness of thought
and freedom of expression. Outstanding features of the
year's program included a debate on pacifism, a model
church business meeting, a hobby night presentation, ex-tempore
speeches, and a musical reading program.
The following served as officers for the first semester: Ned
Holmgren, president; Herman Tegenfeldt, vice-president;
Henrietta DeCamp, secretary; Rawlin Johnson, treasurer; Al-rik
Bloomquist, social chairman; and Ruth Olson, refreshment
chairman.
The spring semester leaders were: Carl Young, president;
Orville Johnson, vice-president; Mildred Lovegren, secretary;
Kermit Johnson, treasurer; Carl Lundquist, social chairman;
and Ethel Tederman, refreshment chairman.
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Officers for the fall semester
were: Viola Waihela, president;
Constance Swanson, vice-president;
Olga Anderson, secretary; Dorothy
Webster, vice-secretary; Joyce
Johnson, treasurer; Doris Jane
Eggleston, vice-treasurer; Ethel
Ruff, Henrietta DeCamp, Pearl
Peterson, and Elna Finstrom, cab-inet
chairmen.
Officers for the spring semester
were: Viola Waihela, president;
Annabelle Sherman, vice-president;
Miriam Johanson, secretary; Louise
Joonson, vice-secretary; Olga An-derson,
treasurer; Lorine Chance,
vice-treasurer; Virginia Carlson,
Carol Jane Engwall, Ethel Teder-man,
and Arlene Johnson, cabinet
chairmen. Miss Effie Nelson, Dean
of Women, serves admirably as
faculty adviser to the group.
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College Club is a Bethel literary society. Its purpose is to
provide entertainment of an educational nature in monthly
programs. The club sponsors student forensic contests, ar-ranges
musical progratris, and invites outside speakers to
its meetings.
The officers of the fall quarter were: Francis Otto, presi-dent;
Robert Hovinen, vice-president; Olga Anderson, sec-retary;
and Eunice Elmgren, treasurer.
Serving during the spring semester were: Dean Nordell,
president; Lloyd Shold, vice-president; Annabelle Sherman,
secretary; and Dalphy Fagerstrom, treasurer.
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The Men's Recreation Club offers opportunity for social de-velopment
and Christian fellowship of its twenty members.
Tournaments are sponsored for such games as ping-pong,
checkers, and chess. The paying of a small membership fee
entitles one to the use of the club's quarters and equipment.
The officers for the 1939-1940 term were as follows: Gene
Nyman, president; Grant Samuelson, vice-president; Glenn
Anderson, secretary-treasurer; Melvin Swanson, custodian;
and William Adam, faculty adviser.
Standing: C. Young, D. Peterson,
J. Bergeson, B. Friberg, S. Ren-dahl,
V. Pearson, W. Johnson, N.
Holmgren, D. Johnson.
Seated: G. Ferre, F. McOlash, R.
Hovinen, G. Peterson, A. Bloom-quist,
0. Johnson, S. Paulson, W.
Adam, V. Olson.
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The Bethel Women's Association, whose purpose is to help the Bethel coeds intellec-tually,
socially, and spiritually, has had a successful year. At the beginning of the fall
semester the new feminine members of the student body were given an official welcome
at a tea sponsored by the faculty women and wives. The new coeds were assigned to
"Big Sisters," who were to aid the newcomers in orientating themselves to the mysteries
and perplexities of college life.
At each of the monthly meetings, attempts were made to provide programs which were
varied in content and interesting in presentation. On special occasions such as Thanks-giving
Day, Hallowe'en, Christmas, Washington's birthday, and Easter, programs with
emphasis on the significance of those days were presented. At the two installation serv-ices
held, candle-light and soft hymns provided an inspirational background. With the
coming of sweet spring, the coeds found much enjoyment and exhilaration in a picnic.
Thte "B" Citt4
The "B" Club is an honorary organization for those who win letters of award in
athletic competition. The members gather at irregular intervals for fellowship. During the
fall semester, Dick Seaberg, first baseman for the American League Philadelphia baseball
club, spoke to the sportsmen. In the spring, a dinner was held at which new members
were initiated. The Club also promotes school spirit for the basketball games.
To be eligible for a letter, an athlete must have competed in one major sport. Basket-ball
players must have played 80 minutes in intercollegiate competition, 40 minutes being
in conference play. The baseball men must play eighteen innings to win a letter. The
tennis award is made to an athlete who participates in four full sets.
Officers of the Club for the year were: Virgil Olson, president; Francis McOlash, secre-tary-
treasurer; and Coach William Adam, adviser.
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Ninety-five students file into the dining room of the Boarding Club at each meal time
to enjoy the food prepared by Mrs. R. Olson and her helpers. The dining hall, located in
the south part of the Seminary building basement, has a smoke-dressed fireplace in the
southwestern corner, opposite which are doors to the adjoining kitchen. Thirteen tables
with six or eight chairs at each table include the furniture. It is a cheerful place that
students remember for its social and material contributions.
The Boarding Club is a cooperative student organization. The administrative responsi-bility
is vested in the Boarding Club Board, composed of five members, Steward Jack
Bergeson, and the faculty adviser, Dr. Karl J. Karlson. The board is made up of Bruce
Fleming, chairman; Alvera Johnson, secretary; Maurice Lawson, Donald Johnson, and Carl
Lundquist.
Steward Bergeson stands ready at mealtime to smile at guests and welcome them to
the club. But Jack has other duties. He arranges the seating, figures out refunds and
prices of the meal tickets, and authorizes all bills. He is also responsible for buying,
paying the workers, transacting business with the bank, and the gathering of donations
for the Boarding Club.
Good-natured Mrs. Olson has three helpers: Ruth K. Olson, Henrietta DeCamp, and
Carol Jane Engwall. Miss Engwall replaced Henrietta Carlson, whose term expired with
the close of the first semester. On the dish-washing staff are Stanley Paulson, Warren
Johnson, and Francis McOlash, who was promoted from handy man to take the place
vacated by Alrik Bloomquist at the end of the first semester. Rawlin Johnson replaced
"Mickey" as handy man. In connection with the Boarding Club, Ethel Tederman and Anna-belle
Sherman operate a Coffee Shoppe in the Junior College building basement.
All students are required to eat at the Club unless they are excused by the Policy
Committee which is composed of the two deans, Emery Johnson and Dr. K. J. Karlson, and
President G. A. Hagstrom.
Students are admitted to the Club by presenting a meal ticket which may be pur-chased
in the school office for three dollars and seventy-five cents. If any meals are missed
by the student and he has checked out beforehand, he is given a refund in the form of
credit on the next week's ticket.
The purpose and aim of the Club is to provide the best of foods and eating facilities
to the club members at a reasonable price. It fosters a social and spiritual spirit during
meals and in the prayer meetings which are conducted daily in the Seminary Chapel
after breakfast and evening dinner.
Besides donations, buying from wholesale houses and on the open market enables the
Club to provide for its members at a reasonable outlay. Approximately eighteen hundred
quarts of home-canned goods, two hundred bushels of potatoes, a hog and some beef
were donated this year by several churches.
The Club holds half-interest in a school bus, which is used to transport the contributed
articles from where they have been donated.
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CAPTAIN DON JOHNSON—Milaca, Minn.—a forward and one-year let-terman.
Don was elected captain for the 1939-1940 season, and his play cer-tainly
fulfilled his teammates' faith in him. Don ranked third in conference
scoring, and his point-per-game average was the second best in the confer-ence.
He scored 178 points during the season's play, averaged 64 per cent of
his free-throw conversions, and had the outstanding set-shot in the conference.
Don was also voted a position on the All-Conference team.
DEL RAY PETERSON—Braham, Minn.—a forward and one-year letterman.
Del was the leading scorer for the team during the season, collecting 189
points for an average of 12.6 points per game. He ranked fourth among the
conference leaders in scoring with an average of 11.8 points per league game.
Del was given a position on the All-Conference team for the second successive
year.
GORDON PETERSON—Worcester, Mass.—a guard and two-year letter
man. Gordie ranked third in team scoring, was the outstanding defensive
player, and proved of great value at the backboard.
ROBERT HOVINEN—Stanchfield, Minn.—forward and one-year letterman.
Bob earned for himself the title of "team scrapper" and was one of the fastest
men in the league. His lack of height was more than offset by his fight and
speed, and his ability to "tie up" taller men was a highlight of every game.
BERNARD HAMMERBECK—Warren, Oregon—forward and a freshman.
Bernie was held in reserve through most of the season; however, he received
some valuable experience. He could shoot well with either hand, but his lack
of game experience proved a handicap.
STANLEY PAULSON—Anoka, Minn.—a guard and two-year letterman.
Stan was one of the steadiest, yet scrappiest, members of the team, and his
fighting spirit was a vital factor in every contest. He also possessed an excel-lent
push-shot and was a good floor man.
GENE NYMAN—Fergus Falls, Minn.—center and first-year man. Gene
was the outstanding freshman member of the team. An injury to his ankle in
mid-season removed him from further competition. This was a serious blow to
the whole team. He was the best feeder on the outfit, possessed a good hook-shot,
and was strong at the backboard
LOWELL MARQUARDT—St. Paul, Minn.—guard and a freshman. Al-though
Lowell was held in reserve during much of the season, he also saw
considerable action. He displayed plenty of fight and was a good defensive
man; however, his lack of playing experience proved quite a handicap.
GUS FERRE—Springfield, Mass.—a guard and three-year letterman. Gus
was the team veteran for the season as he steadied the club through its fifteen
games, and he very aptly earned the title of "old reliable." Gus proved to be
a tower of strength at the backboard, and his defensive work was outstanding
throughout the year.
COACH WILLIAM ADAM—Too much credit cannot be given to Coach
Adam for the fine team which he developed during the past season. Especially
noticeable throughout the year was the display of sportsmanship which he
required of all his athletes. This fine game spirit coupled with cooperation
between the team and Coach Adam produced a group of which Bethel can be
most proud. We salute you, Coach William Adam, as an excellent example of
true Bethel spirit]
Robert Hovinen Bernard Hammerbeck
Gordon Peterson
Stanley Paulson
Del Ray Peterson Donald Johnson
Gus Ferre Lowell Marquardt
Gene Nyman
Standing: R. Hovinen, B. Ham-merbeck,
S. Paulson, D. Johnson,
D. Peterson, G. Ferre, L. Mar-quardt,
G. Peterson, and G. Ny-man.
Seated: R. Wallin, Coach W.
Adam, and F. Otto.
Coach Adam, V. Carlberg, J.
Davenport, C. Swanson, K. Ferre,
E. Larson, A. Johnson, V. Carlson,
M. Larson, 0. Palmquist, L. Joon-son,
0. Anderson, E. Finstrom,
M. A. Liljenstrom, D. Molander.
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Another winning basketball team was produced this year as revealed by
the scorebook. The Bethel Indians finished fourth in the Southern Minnesota
Junior College Conference with six wins and four losses and placed two men
on the official All-Conference team.
Six lettermen answered the varsity call of Coach William Adam, and to
this nucleus of veterans were added four freshmen prospects. The games
early in the season produced a great deal of enthusiasm. However, as the
season progressed, a lack of capable reserves and several serious injuries
weighed heavily upon the Indians.
Taken as a whole, however, the season was quite successful. The quintet
won eight of its fifteen games against varsity competition. The squad aver-aged
45.5 points per contest, while it held the opposition to an average of 42.3
points per game. The athletes caged 53 per cent of their free throws.
The hoopsters played the following schedule:
Saturday, December 2—Bethel, 53; Gustavus Adolphus, 46.
Friday, December 8--Bethel, 45; Farm School, 53.
Saturday, December 9—Bethel, 45; Luther, 24.
Friday, December 15—Bethel, 39; Albert Lea, 29.
Wednesday, December 20--Bethel, 46; Concordia, 31.
Friday, January 12��Bethel, 50; Waldorf, 37.
Friday, January 19—Bethel, 51; Concordia, 27.
Saturday, January 20--Bethel, 46; Bethany 53.
Monday, January 29—Bethel, 46; Tracy, 52.
Tuesday, January 30—Bethel, 43; Worthington, 59.
Friday, February 9—Bethel, 28; Bethany, 36.
Friday, February 16--Bethel, 51; Albert Lea, 30.
Friday, February 23—Bethel, 42; Rochester, 58.
Saturday, March 2—Bethel, 61; Luther, 42.
Tuesday, March 5—Bethel, 37; Farm School, 57.
Coed Ba4lzeiltall
During the basketball season, Bethel women were not merely interested
spectators at the varsity men's games; the coeds also played basketball. Al-though
no games were scheduled with schools in the Southern Minnesocc
Junior College Conference, contests were held with teams from the Twin Cities.
Six of the eleven games played by the Bethel cagerettes were won by them.
Bethel coeds scored a total of 183 points for the season, while their opponents
surpassed them by 203 points.
Of the twelve regulars on this year's team, only four were members of the
1938-1939 squad. These veterans were: Elna Finstrom and Olga Anderson,
guards; and Elizabeth Larson and Marie Larsen, forwards. The eight new
recruits were: Opal Palmquist, Mary Anne Liljenstrom, Corrine Swanson, and
Virginia Carlson, forwards; and Louise Joonson, Joyce Davenport, Arlene
Johnson, and Karin Ferre, guards.
Elizabeth Larson won the scoring honors for the season's play. Marie
Larsen and Mary Anne Liljenstrom came second and third.
Bethel's schedule and scores for the past season are listed below:
Saturday, December 9—Bethel, 13; Alumnae, 16.
Tuesday, January 16—Bethel, 7; St. Paul Neighborhood House, 19.
Tuesday, January 30—Bethel, 16; Farm School, 14.
Tuesday, February 6—Bethel, 20; Neighborhood House, 13.
Friday, February 9—Bethel, 31; Farm School, 22.
Friday, February 16—Bethel, 20; Phyllis Wheatley Settlement House, 14
Monday, February 19—Bethel, 28; Farm School, 16.
Thursday, February 29—Bethel, 14; Christ Child Center, 16.
Tuesday, March 5—Bethel, 9; Wells Zephers Settlement House, 49 .
Thursday, March 7—Bethel, 15; Wells Zephers Settlement House, 17.
Monday, March 18—Bethel, 10; Elim Baptist Champs, 7
Standing: F. McClash, V. Hauk,
S. Paulson, D. Peterson, G. Nyman,
A. Bloomquist.
Seated: D. Johnson, 0. Johnson,
Coach Adam, W. Johnson, T. Hal-vcrsen.
Standing: G. Peterson, D. John-son,
G. Ferre, C. Young, G. Ny-man,
Coach Adam.
Kneeling: K. Johnson, D. Fager-strom,
L. Shold, C. Bjorklund, B.
Hammerbeck.
Ba4e4all
Baseball at Bethel is becoming an increasingly important
sport and extra-curricular activity. The athletes, including nine
returning lettermen, several outstanding freshmen, and some
transfer men, formed the largest diamondball squad that has
ever turned out in the school's history.
The team's strength was composed of the following outfit:
Alrik Bloomquist and Warren Johnson, catchers; Francis Mc-
Olash, Val Hauk, and Orville Johnson, pitchers; Gordon Peter-son,
first baseman; Warren Johnson, second baseman; Donald
Johnson, shortstop; Del Ray Peterson, third baseman; Val Hauk,
Lowell Marquardt, and Orville Johnson, outfields; and Truman
Halvorson, Olaf Nelson, Stanley Paulson, Gus Ferre, Dalphy
Fagerstrom, and Gene Nyman, utility men.
Because of the many other extra-curricular activities that
the team members participated in and also because of the
short practice sessions that were allotted, Coach William
Adcm tried to get the team into shape as quickly as possible.
Hardest opposition was expected from Waldorf College,
last year's baseball champions in the Southern Minnesota
Junior College Conference. Concordia, Bethany, and Luther,
the other members participating in the baseball league, also
had hustling teams.
The Bethel nine had the following schedule as its 1940
competition:
Friday, April 19—Blake There
Monday, April 22—Luther There
Friday, April 26—Cretin There
Monday, April 29—Marshall There
Saturday, May 4—Luther Here
Friday, May 10—Waldorf Here
Saturday, May 11—Bethany Here
Wednesday, May 15—Concordia Here
Friday, May 17—Bethany There
Thursday, May 23—Blake Here
Saturday, May 25—Waldorf There
Wednesday, May 29—Concordia There
Five returning veterans and five prospective
netsters constituted the 1940 tennis team for Bethel.
Those who turned out for intercollegiate competition
were: Don Johnson, Carl Young, Gordon Peterson,
Gus Ferre, Kermit Johnson, Ned Holmgren, Clifford
Bjorklund, Bernard Hammerbeck, Warren Dahl-strom,
and Lloyd Shold.
The first four named have had considerable
experience. With Don Johnson—a strong Number
One man—the team was feared in conference play.
The team was handicapped by inadequate
court facilities and by lack of time for practice.
However, the players developed rapidly into a
winning team.
Tennis matches were played with Conference
teams on the same day that the schools met on the
baseball field. The Bethel racquet smashers met
the following teams:
Friday, May 10—Waldorf Here
Saturday, May 11—Bethany Here
Wednesday, May 15—Concordia Here
Friday, May 17—Bethany There
Saturday, May 25—Waldorf There
Wednesday, May 29—Concordia There
Tennis has been put on a major scale at Bethel.
Coach Adam believes that the student body should
work hard to keep this activity on the sports
calendar.
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All college students enrolled in the physical education classes participated in intra-mural
tournaments throughout the year. The women's division ran off schedules in volley-ball,
basketball, and softball. The men also had three series of competition, playing touch
football, basketball, and softball.
Olga Anderson captained the winning coed volleyball team. Her team competed with
groups headed by Virginia Carlson, Viola Carlberg, and Elna Finstrom. In basketball,
Helen Heath led the victorious team. Her opposition was against the teams of Doris
Molander, Harriette Fossum, and Doris Jane Eggleston. After spring vacation, interest
shifted to softball. The same plan was followed in playing these games as was used in
the first two tourneys.
The men's touch football classic was played between three teams. The Left-overs,
undefeated champions, were led by Dalphy Fagerstrom. The other teams were: Comets,
Gene Nyman, captain; and Seminary, Vernon Pearson, captain. Highlight of the play was
a post-season game between the Left-overs and an All-star team, in which the former vindi-cated
their title.
In the basketball series, Warren Dahlstrom's freshman team came out victorious. The
other teams were captained by Gerald Larson, Grant Samuelson, and Glenn Anderson. As
a climax, the frosh champs scored a one-point victory over the Seminary Middlemen.
The men also engaged in a softball tournament during the spring season. In all of
these games, every college student had a chance to participate in athletic activities.
Cliff plays a wicked
racquet. . . . Swing it. . . .
A heavy sock. . . . Intra-mural
champs glaring
back at the sun. . . . These
boys know the ropes. . . .
This bat got out of the
belfry. . . . Sideline par-ticipants.
. . . The girls go
into action. . . . -Baby-
Ruth, the Second. . .
Note] Base, ball. . . The
power behind the throne.
. . . Bull session about in-tramural
football. . . . Can
he catch it. . . . Merrily,
we roll along, or Fixing
ye ol' tennis courts.
JUNIOR COLLEGE
One of the purposes of the school is to educate
the students in a Christian atmosphere. An em-phasis
of this spiritual life is the chapel services
which are held each day in both the College and
the Seminary chapels. At 9:45 a. m. the students
come into the chapels for a half-hour period of
prayer and devotion. They pause in their daily
routine for worship and spiritual refreshment.
Bethel students and alumni retain pleasant mem-ories
of these chapel services. The order of worship
is simple, yet varied as each leader takes charge.
Usually the service consists of the playing of a piano
prelude by Grace Widen; singing of songs, led by
David Anderson; reading of Scriptures, and offering
of prayer. The speakers are often outside pastors
or well-known men. Members of the faculty some-times
speak on some phase of school life, while a
number of the chapel services are used for class
meetings, pep assemblies and separate meetings
for the men and women.
In the Seminary services the order is similar to
that of the College; however, most of the messages
are delivered by the Seminary students themselves.
Each Wednesday a combined service is held in the
College chapel when the entire student body and
faculty gather to hear some noted speaker.
In several instances the students had the unusual
opportunity of hearing nationally famous preachers
deliver the Word of God. A few of these were such
men as Dr. Harry Ironsides, Moody Memorial
Church, Chicago; Dr. Paul Rood, president of the
World's Christian Fundamentals Society; Harvey
Springer, cowboy evangelist of Colorado; Dr. Gor-don
Brownville, Tremont Temple, Boston; Byron
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JUNIOR COLLEGE
0/Wke77,
Wilkinson, youth evangelist of the South; Dan Gil-bert,
Christian news commentator; Dr. William Ax-ling,
missionary-statesman of Japan; Dr. W. H.
Rogers, formerly with the First Baptist Church, New
York City; Dr. David L. Cooper, founder of the Bibli-cal
Research Society, Los Angeles; and Dean Harold
Lundquist, Moody Bible Institute, Chicago. Several
foreign missionaries visited Bethel and described the
work that is being accomplished in foreign fields of
service.
Seminary seniors were heard at the Friday serv-ices
in the College during the latter part of the year.
This feature was introduced so that the students
might become acquainted with the preaching abili-ties
of each one in the Senior class.
The annual Prayer and Missions Day was held on
October 23. The purpose of the day's program was
to ask God for guidance in school affairs and also
to intercede for the Christian missionaries. There
were three services at which were heard Dr. George
Weiss from Morocco, speaking on behalf of foreign
missions; Rev. Marvin Samuelson, portraying Minne-sota
mission work; and Miss Grace Cooper of Bel-gian
Congo, telling of her labors with the African
Negro. Miss Esther Sabel was chairman of the corn-mittee
which planned for the traditional event.
On Founder's Day, February 20, services were
held celebrating the 101 anniversary of the birth of
John Alexis Edgren, founder of Bethel Seminary.
Rev. L. J. Ahlstrom, Sr., biographer of Dr. Edgren and
oldest living graduate of Bethel, brought glimpses
into the life of this staunch Swedish Baptist pioneer.
The faculty members who have been responsible
for the efficient planning of the chapel services were
Prof. A. J. Wingblade for the College and Prof.
Adolf Olson for the Seminary.
SEMINARY
AFRICA INDIA
Abyssinia
Miss Edith Anderson, '21
Belgian Congo
Miss Esther Bodien, '22
Miss Grace Cooper, '33
Miss Esther Ehnbom, '25
Mrs. Martin Engwall, '17
Miss Ida Erickson, '30
Miss Alice Jorgenson, '21
Miss Mildred Olson, '31
Miss Emily Satterberg, '27
Mrs. Harry Watkins, '30
East Africa (Tanganuika
Terr.)
Rev. Erdie N. Nelson
French Equatorial Africa
Mrs. Harold S. McClure, '31
Mr. Richard Paulson, '34
Rev. N. G. Pearson, '28
Miss Viola Steve, '34
Morocco
Rev. George Weiss, '31
Mrs. George Weiss, '31
Nigeria
Dr. Charles Entner, '34
Rev. Aleck Olson, '31
Transvaal
Mrs. Ernest Anderson, '19
Assam
Dr. Jonas Ahlquist, '11
Mrs. Jonas Ahlquist, '10
Rev. Bengt Anderson, '24
Miss Elna Forsell, '26
Rev. Reuben Holm, '29
Miss Fern Rold, '37
Rev. John Selander, '15
Rev. Victor Sword, '15
Mrs. Victor Sword, '16
Rev. J. E. Tanquist, '09
Bengal Orissa
Rev. August Berg, '24
Burma
Miss Irene Daleen, '28
Rev. Franklin Nelson, '34
Rev. Gustaf A. Sword, '14
Guntur Dist., South India
Rev. Eric Frykenberg, '29
Mrs. Eric Frykenberg, '29
Nellore, South India
Miss Elsie May Larson, '21
"Rev. A. J. Dahlby, '10
"Mrs. A. J. Dahlby, '19
*Rev. Walfred Danielson,
'10
"Mrs. Walfred Danielson,
'17
*Dr. E. Hjalmar East, '96
*Miss Esther Nelson, '29
"Rev. N. C. Parsons, '04
"Rev. Frank Rehnstrom, '15
"Rev. E. 0. Schugren, '02
*Rev. 0. L. Swanson, '92
"Rev. Roger Wickstrand, '25
Ola Hanson
Rev. Peter Voth, '36
SOUTH AMERICA
tRev. Marcus Fritzell, '29
jMrs. E. H. Morrish, '18
jDr. E. Hjalmar Ostrom, '07 BETHEL'S FINLAND
Rev. Emil Nyland, '21
JAPAN
Mrs. Arthur Collins, '27
"Rev. V. E. Hedburg, '99
CHINA
Argentina
Miss Margaret Olson, '37
*Rev. A. B. Holm, '24
tRev. Adolph G. Wingren,
GREECE '09
* No longer in active service
on the foreign mission field.
Rev. G. Theofil Wickman,
'09
*Miss Elsie Wik, '23
PHILIPPINE ISLANDS
Miss Signe Erickson, '28
Rev. Ernest Gulbranson,
'36
Mrs. Louise Rounds, '37
*Mrs. Gervasio C. Bellsaillo,
'30
'Miss Olivia Johnson, '13
MEXICO
Shantung
Miss Susanna Anderson,
'15
Shensi
Miss Marie Wistrand, '19
Suiyuan
Rev. Hjalmar Ekblad, '25
Szechwan
Dr. Rudolph Cook, '13
Miss Esther Nelson, '16
*Miss Margaret Ahlquist,
'17
"Dr. Elam Anderson, '13
"Mrs. Horace L. Jacoway,
'23
*Prof. David Gustafson, '11
"Miss Esther Gustafson, '16
*Miss Ruth Mayo, '33
*Rev. Carl F. Wiking, '93
tRev. Carl Salquist, '93
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"Bethel, Bethel, alma mater]
Our best we pledge to thee."
That refrain rings in the hearts of the thirteen hundred alumni of Bethel
Institute, who are members of the Bethel Alumni Association. These alumni
are united in their allegiance to their alma mater by their single purpose of
"building Bethel better."
The officers of the association for the year 1939-40 are as follows: Rev.
Wm. Tapper, president; Rev. Martin Erikson, vice-president; Alice Anderson,
recording secretary; Elmer John, treasurer; Rev. H. Wyman Malmsten, Alumni
secretary.
On November 3, 1939, one of the Association's two big events of the year,
the Annual Homecoming, was celebrated as a Fall Round-Up. Cowboys and
cowbells helped to transform Bethel Institute into Bethel Ranch. The other
annual event of the Association was the Spring Alumni Banquet, which was
held Saturday, June 1.
Several local chapters of the Association have been organized throughout
the world to provide an opportunity for Bethel graduates to fellowship with
other Bethel alumni in the same territory. Their purpose, too, is to promote
Bethel. Following are some of the local chapters that have been organized:
The Arrowhead (Northern Minnesota), Willmar, Chicago, Southern California,
Columbia (Pacific Northwest), Denver, and Assam, India.
Bethel graduates may be found throughout the world, busy in the Lord's
service. The numbers of Bethel alumni in various walks of life are as follows:
Home missionaries and ministers 412
Wives of home missionaries and ministers 60
Foreign missionaries (graduates and students total 79) 53
Educators 92
Nurses 49
Doctors 26
Other professions 28
Business 151
Trades and other occupations 213
Housewives 149
Still in training at other schools 64
"As this page is dedicated to the Alumni Association of Bethel, I am won-dering
if we as members of this organization are not being called upon to
rededicate our interests and support to our alma mater. Bethel has always
been worthy of our highest commendation. In a day such as this she has a
unique position in the realm of higher education, both as to her liberal arts
course and Seminary training. Bethel with her strong spiritual emphasis
surely ought to command the continued and growing cooperation of every
former student. The Alumni Association can do much for Bethel's future. Let
us encourage prospective students to enroll, let us give, let us pray, and let
us visit and keep in touch with our Bethel.
"As an Alumni Association we welcome the graduating classes of 1940
into our ranks. May our common interest in the future growth of Bethel In-stitute
strengthen our Association and our loyalty to our school."
William C. Tapper,
Alumni President
During the summer months of 1939, approximately 1,700 boys and girls
attended Bible Schools conducted by students of Bethel Institute who gave
almost 68,000 hours of Biblical instruction.
At least twenty-five women and ten young men conducted Bible schools
in the larger and smaller churches of our denomination. The majority of the
schools were within Minnesota, but some of them were held in Michigan, Illi-nois,
Wisconsin and Kentucky.
Bethel students are fortunate in their opportunities to receive instruction
during the school year, and then in being able to go out and put their educa-tion
into practical application, as the Lord commanded.
Ruth Olson and Henrietta DeCamp supervised schools in Mora, Minn.,
Milltown, El Salem, Woodville, and Frederic, Wis. Marie Larsen and Gladys
Peterson were in Cokato. Henrietta Carlson conducted schools in Isle and
Spring Vale; Ethel Tederman in Dad's Corner and Soudan; Ruth Erickson in
Langley and Sunrise; Marie Dahlberg in the First Swedish Baptist Church,
St. Paul; Adeline Prescott in Pillager; Pearl Peterson in Roseau; Elaine
Youngquist in Cambridge, and Joyce Johnson in Elim and Zion Baptist Church,
Minneapolis. Elizabeth Larson and Bernice Anderson conducted four weeks
of D. V. B. S. in Menominee, Mich., in two churches there, and two weeks in
Escanaba, Mich. Many of the young men conducted Bible schools in addition
to serving their churches.
Plans have already been made for the sending out of workers into the
vineyards this summer to present Jesus Christ as Saviour, Friend, and Lord.
Four Daily Vacation Bible Schools which were held last summer by Bethel
sLudents are shown below. They were held at the following churches, begin-ning
at the upper left hand and going clockwise: Hillman, Minn.; Milltown, El
Salem and Woodville, Wis.
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The morning after the night before. . . Up bright and early. . . . To do or
not to do (wash the dishes). . . . Daily devotions and meditation. . . . Reading
room, hang-out before and between classes. . . . All here for Miss Sabel's
8 o'clock class. . . . The pause that refreshes. . . . Three gallants hoofing it. .
Homiletics in action. . . . Treating his girl friend to a mid-morning snack.
Prof and student get together. . . . Taking it easy in the library. . . . Checking
up on the jalopy. . . . A Swede and his coffee. . . . Reminiscing on that letter
, . . The Trumpeter. . . . Those long winter evenings.
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Another step was taken toward
making the vision of a greater and
better Bethel a reality when the
school board of Bethel Institute voted
to bring before the Swedish Baptist
General Conference a recommenda-tion
to the effect that a women's
dormitory be built on the corner of
Arona Street and Como-Phalen Ave-nue.
The need for this dormitory has
become urgent in the past few years.
It is essential to the social and
scholastic life of an accredited school
like Bethel to maintain an adequate
home for its students.
There would be many advantages in having a dormitory for our young
women. It would facilitate supervision over the girls who are entrusted to
Bethel's care for the year. It would give them greater opportunities for fel-lowship
as the occupants lived and worked together. Often the practical les-sons
learned in living with others are more important than lessons learned in
the classroom. A dormitory would also create a sense of greater unity among
the students.
To build this structure Bethel Institute will need the financial support of the
Swedish Baptist denomination. The total cost, unfurnished, will be $40,000.
The project will require co-operation from everyone interested in Christian
education in order to raise this amount.
The response to the plea for funds for this building has been encouraging.
Churches, organizations, and individuals of our Swedish Baptist General Con-ference
have been co-operating in a splendid manner by donating funds. The
cash on hand April 30, 1940, was $6,000. Additional pledges came to $16,000.
By this time there has undoubtedly been an increase in these figures.
The provisions in the proposed plans are for eight single rooms, fifteen
double rooms, a housemother's apartment, kitchen and dining facilities for 50
girls, a large living room with fireplace, a recreation room, music room, large
laundry, and an ironing room.
It is hoped that at the meeting of the General Conference this year a
unanimous vote to build the dormitory will be voiced. Should this decision be
made, the women's dormitory of Bethel Institute will be begun as soon as
possible. This is a vision worthy of much work and much prayer.
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Custodian Beck
M4. Bech
For 25 years, Custodian Alex Beck has been a familiar figure on the Bethel
campus. He has been associated with the prospective ministers of the Swedish
Baptist General Conference for the last quarter of a century. As each gradu-ate
leaves school for fields of service, he carries in his memory hall a large
niche for Mr. Beck.
No matter what the weather, Mr. Beck, as school fireman, has maintained
an even temperature in both the Junior College and Seminary buildings. As a
friend of the students, he is well loved. He is always interested in the welfare
of every Bethelite.
Mr. Beck, the youngest son in his family, was born in Finland; however,
while he was yet young, his family moved to Sweden. In 1888, when he was
a little over 20 years of age, Mr. Beck came to America. The first winter he
was here, he worked at chopping cordwood near Iron Mountain, Michigan. It
was at this town that he met a young lady—the one who has been his wife
through many years.
Coming in 1901 to St. Paul, Mr. Beck had several odd jobs for a short
period of time. While Dr. G. Arvid Hagstrom was still pastor at the First
Swedish Baptist Church of this city, Mr. Beck became custodian of that build-ing.
After Dr. Hagstrom had become president of Bethel Institute, the Seminary
building was erected in 1914 and the Academy (now the Junior College) in the
following year. With this new property someone was needed to take care of
it properly. It was then that Dr. Hagstrom recalled this friend of former service,
and was instrumental in getting Mr. Beck as custodian. In this occupation
Beck has continued for 25 years.
Although Mr. Beck has stringent obligations here at school, he is still inter-ested
in his church work. For many years he was a deacon. In the summer
months with lesser duties, he can attend church services quite regularly.
Mrs. Beck has also been a faithful woman—to her home, to her church,
and to Bethel. Everyone respects her for her Christian character. At present,
she is a member of a committee of the Bethel Institute Women's Federation.
Thousands of Bethel students have left the campus remembering the work
and good will of Mr. and Mrs. Beck. In the heart of each graduate is a
memorial of them which has no earthly origin or termination.
HOW WE MAKE OUR WAY
Bethel is distinguished for its high percentage of students who are working
to pay their expenses as they are being educated. This is one of the blessings
of Bethel Institute—no one feels inferior because he must work, for all are
working.
The office force, with each student working from 25 to 44 hours a month
. . . Bethel's laundresses . . . NYA—resting as usual. . . . As they scrub floors,
wash dishes, clean houses, and care for children in order to remain in school.
.. One duty—sorting the mail. . . . Library staff. . . . Helping Spring along. . .
Lindgren at the Hamline Hotel. . . . Posters, signs, artwork—our specialties.
. . Egg distributor (and capitalist). . . . NYA—office work. . . . Johnny takes
over at noon in the office. . . . The Book store prospers, and why not? . . . Get
to work Dahlstrom. . . . Dishes no end. . . . Boarding Club crew. . . Looks easy.
... Our school is clean.
cloaca
(Editor's Note: Four familiar essays written for freshman composition
class were selected for publication. One appears on this page; the other
three on following pages.)
Weather report: -Cloudy with probable scattered showers." Yes, clouds
are the forerunners of rain; in fact, Webster says, -Clouds are visible masses
of water vapor floating about in the atmosphere. - Yet I think that clouds
are more than that. They are just like smiles—there are clouds that make us
happy; there are clouds that make us blue; there are clouds that have a ten-der
meaning; there are clouds that steal away the dew.
Clouds really are queer objects. They come and go; they're here today
and gone tomorrow; they're in the west one moment and in the east the next;
one day they're flying high above the earth and the next day they seem un-bearably
close to us; one day they're dull, gray, dirty-looking objects and the
next day they are beautiful, silvery-white, fleecy masses.
On the western slopes of these vast United States, rain is a very common
thing. Accompanying these incessant showers are those ever-present clouds.
With this weather they seem to come unspeakably close to the earth. They
shut out the sun's bright rays, and everything is veiled in a dim, dull, sort of
semi-daylight. The gray, dingy clouds reflect a gloomy, morbid, suppressed
feeling, and this mental state is prevalent among everyone in the community.
However, as early spring appears, the clouds break occasionally, and
the warm sunlight shines through. How cheerful and optimistic everyone
appears when this heavenly tonic spreads its warm beams over the earth.
Friends greet each other with happy words, and everyone is inspired by the
return of Old Sol. The boys in the neighborhood take out the ball and bat,
the girls revive their games of hop-scotch, the gardener turns over a few
spadefuls of sod, and the energetic housewife starts digging in her window-box.
In early spring, however, one day's weather is no guarantee of the next's;
and a sunny, cheerful day may be followed by more ominous clouds and a
possible variety of drizzles, rains, or cloudbursts. These spasmodic recur-rences
of winter weather dampen spirits only temporarily, however, for the
boys are always on the alert watching for those stormy clouds to part, and
the moment those dull gray clouds do break into smaller light gray masses
and the sun again shines through, the boys go back to their ball game as
happy and carefree as if there had never been any dark clouds and wet
weather.
As the months carry on into later spring, the cloud formations begin to
change. The days become warmer, and the high-flying, silvery-white, care-free-
appearing clouds inspire thoughts of romance to the lovers, ambition to
the sportsman, and relaxation to the weary.
Especially interesting is this refreshing thought of rest and relaxation.
Don't you enjoy lying back in your lawn chair as you watch the beautiful
white drifts of clouds playing tag with each other? I do. Seeing those re-freshing
clouds sailing aimlessly about in the beautiful blue sky and occa-sionally
drifting out of sight gives me a joy, a satisfaction, an inner feeling
that is hard to express. Everything is so free, natural and contented. I wish
I could be that way always, but now���now I think I shall drift away on a
cloud—far, far away—to dreamland.
—Bernard Hammerbeck.
Winter Palace of King Boreas VI. . . . Bergman teaches harmony. . . Cliff
gets that picture. . . . Package from home? . . . The lion's den. . . . Bethelites
marvel at New York skyscrapers. . . . Snow difficulties on Male Chorus trip. .
After another day. . . • We stick together. . . , Sacred domain. . . . Scientist in
the making. . , . Office telephone keeps busy. • . . At 12:15—Coffee Shoppe,
lunch, and a good time. , . , Anderson, the printer of the SPIRE and the CLAR-ION,
. . Zoo lab looks interesting. . . . Como Park in winter's thrall. . . . A study
in lines. . . . Into mischief again. . . . She can be serious. . . . Gracie does study
(goes steady, too). . . . Football champs. . . . Making love—how improper. . . .
Nyman struts his stuff. . . . NYA shows us how. . . . That collegiate swagger—
and from a fern. . . . Pi Alpha's in the east. . . . Decked out for Old Clothes' Day.
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MosL of us are near-sighted] Now don't misunderstand me. I don't mean
that we have faulty eyes, but it does seem that in our studies we consider
only those things that are immediately at hand. We sudy our text-books and
a few other required volumes, but we neglect many of the great masterpieces
that have been handed down to us. In other words, our mental eyes seem
to be focused so that we do not visualize the great but as yet untouched fields
of literature.
Sometimes I enjoy trying to exercise my mental eyes by entering a library
and browsing over the books. Perhaps it sounds strange to say "browse""
over books, because the dictionary usually uses this term to eupress the action
of cattle and other animals as they graze. But when cattle graze, they nibble
a little tuft of grass here and another patch there, never stopping to eat all the
grass. Similarly in reading, there is great enjoyment in tasting of this book
and nibbling a little of that, selecting a few choice morsels from each one.
Then when one finds a book that is especially interesting, he may return and
read it from beginning to end. Not that it is well only to dabble. But it is
enlightening for us to catch a glimpse of the whole field of literature and to
realize what a store-house of precious ideas is awaiting us. Indeed, in rela-tion
to this great field, I feel infinitesimally small as I browse. Elizabeth Brown-ing
expressed this idea in Aurora Leigh.
"Books, books, books]
I had found the secret of a garret room
Piled high with cases in my father's name;
Piled high, packed large—where, creeping in and out
Among the giant fossils of my past,
Like some small nimble mouse between the ribs
Of a mastodon, I nibbled here and there
At this or that box, pulling through the gap,
In heats of terror, heat, victorious joy,
The first book first."
There is a sort of secret satisfaction in thus laying aside all cares for a
time and simply wandering wherever fancy may lead. It's much like that
contraband pleasure we had as children as we crept in the pantry and
reached in the cookie jar or clambered up to the top shelf for jam. Yes, it's
lots of fun to read whatever catches our fancies. As Samuel Johnson said,
"A man ought to read just as inclination leads him; for what he reads as a
task will do him little good. -
Just recently I browsed over the books in our school library. As my eyes
roamed over the shelves I noticed a book by Morley entitled Shandygaff.
I found it to be a collection of essays. Especially interesting to me was a very
clear and almost pathetic character sketch of a German druggist named
Schulz. I enjoyed it partly because of its reasonable attitude toward the Ger-mans.
For some reason the next book I picked up was Arnold's Culture and
Anarchy. As I opened the book, the first word I saw was "Oxford - and near-by
I saw the name of Newman. Immediately I became interested. As I read,
it seemed that Arnold was unconsciously demonstrating the truth of New-man's
ideas on education. Arnold says that students at Oxford seized at least
one truth—that "beauty and sweetness are the essential characters of a com-plete
human perfection. - On the next page he told of his impressions con-cerning
Newman's work in the Oxford movement. I felt as though I had met
an old friend. This idea of attempting to obtain a single complete view of
truth has impressed me greatly. It seems that all the studies fit and dovetail
(Continued on Page 64)
School board is in session. . . . Dean Johnson meets a salesman. . . Bethel
Broadcast crooners. . . . On the road to success. . . . Going to the reference
books. . . . As Wingblade prepares for class. . . . Line-up at noon in the Coffee
Shoppe. . . . Malmsten stops in between trips. . . . Time to go home. . . . Getting
in shape for that date. . . . The Sem stands out. . . Lightly over the keyboard.
. . Sun-bathing in a chapel window. . . . This German gets me down. . . .
Where's the chauffeur? ... If you don't find it the first time, re-search the library.
. . . This gets in my hair. . . . Spring's on the campus. . . . Ice cream man. . .
"How to Make a Straight 'A' by Shold and Collins. . . . Gospel team in
Illinois. . .. Dean Karlson poses. . . . Trying to find an audience. . . . "Every
one find your books, and sing.'' . . . Friberg plays flunky. . . . Just before the
exams. . . . Who can forget the Rochester bus trip?
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The scene in any rural home on a Sunday morning is just short of being
a circus. In order to obtain this setting you must have a few necessary things:
One husband, one wife, at least two children (which should be boys), two
dogs, three or four cats, and a radio.
The activities of the morning begin when the head of the house exclaims,
"Say, Ma, it's seven-thirty] Why didn't you wake me before? We'll never
get the chores done in time to go to church. -
"Oh, yes, you will, if you go right out instead of listening to the radio all
morning."
"Well, I'll have to awaken both boys if we're going to make it.'"
"Now listen, John, let the little fellow sleep; you haven't as much to do as
you think. -
After this conversation is over, Father and Junior are soon seen going
out to the barn while Mother is preparing breakfast. An hour and a half later
the two men re-enter the house and have breakfast. Soon the meal is over,
and then Father yells for his shaving cream and is told it's just where he put
it last time. "Hey, Ma, isn't there any hot water? You expect me to go to
church and then you don't have water for shaving. You and the kids can go
alone. I'll stay home and listen to the radio; I don't feel like dressing up any-way.
-
"Now listen, John, warm some water, and you'll soon be through. Jackie]
hurry up and wash so Father and brother can shave. -
"Aw, Mom, don't yell at me all the time; I'll get through. -
Here's where big brother usually has a word. "Ya, he'll get through,
but why in the world doesn't he wash before we come in? Every Sunday
he gets into the sink just as I'm ready to begin shaving."
Fifteen minutes later everyone is ready to go out the door when Mother
calls, "Are the cats and dogs outside? - Soon a merry-go-round is in progress
with Sonny chasing the cats through every room and Junior coaxing Sport
and Lula Belle, the two dogs, to go outside. When this is accomplished, the
family gets into the car only to have Mother ask if Father closed the drafts
on the stoves. Of course he didn't, so Sonny is sent in to close them. (You
know, Sonny is still young so he can run faster.)
While Sonny is gone, Junior notices that the windmill is still going so he
runs to shut it off. Both boys soon come back and finally all are ready to
depart.
"Well, - exclaims Mother, "we're only ten minutes late after all."
—Kenneth Norquist.
together and explain each other. With historical background and with the
aid of other divisions of learning, literature becomes alive and real.
I investigated and explored other interesting books as I continued my
browsing. Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch has written a book On the Art of Reading
which I should like to read soon. I have always wanted to read Ibsen's The
Doll's House. Perhaps I shall before long. There is much left to read—much
of experience and many ideas and thoughts stored up in these books. As I
turned away from the shelves to conclude my little browsing expedition for
this time, I felt that I had hardly begun to penetrate the outside of great litera-ture.
—Elving Anderson.
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Miss • Eunice Anderson Chisholm, Minn.
Miss Mildred Berglund St. Paul, Minn.
Miss Violet Bergquist Chicago, Ill.
Bethel Baptist B. Y. P. U Ellison Bay, Wis.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Bodine Oak Park, Ill.
Mrs. Ida Breding Powers Lake, N. D.
C. E. Carlson St. Paul, Minn.
Mr. and Mrs. P. E. Carlson Moline, Ill.
Mr. and Mrs. E. Cavallin Two Harbors, Minn.
Rev. R. A. Dahlquist Alcester, S. D.
Rev. and Mrs. S. A. Engwall Chicago, Ill.
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Rev. Martin Erickson St. Paul, Minn.
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First Baptist Church Milaca, Minn.
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G. Arvid Hagstrom St. Paul, Minn.
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David Hofer Dalten, S. D.
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Dedication Ethel Ruff
Deans, School Board Lemuel Petersen
Faculty Helen Sorensen, Eleanor Jacobson, Carol Engwall
Student Council Joyce Johnson
Senior Class Henrietta Carlson
Middle Class Elving Anderson
Junior Class Archie Johnson
Sophomore Class Lemuel Petersen
Freshman Class Helen Sorensen
Christian Workers' Department Olga Anderson
Music Department Eleanor Jacobson
Religious Council Ethel Ruff
Missionary Band Elving Anderson
Gospel Teams Viola Waihela
Student Pastors Gunnar Hoglund
Male Chorus Archie Johnson
A Cappella Choir Joyce Johnson
Band Marvin Toews
Music Groups Arlene Johnson
Forensics Olga Anderson
Debate Vernon Pearson
Clarion Carol Engwall
Spire Lemuel Petersen
College Club Viola Waihela
Men's Recreation Club Archie Johnson
NYA Club Elving Anderson
Alexis Society Carl Lundquist
BWA Olga Anderson
"B" Club Lemuel Petersen
Boarding Club Marvin Toews
Basketball Bernard Hammerbeck
Coed Basketball Arlene Johnson
Baseball Bernard Hammerbeck
Tennis Bernard Hammerbeck
Intramural Sports Bernard Hammerbeck, Arlene Johnson
Chapel Gunnar Hoglund
Bethel Missionaries Carol Engwall
Alumni Association Arlene Johnson
Daily Vacation Bible School Work Joyce Johnson
Proposed Women's Dormitory Betty Danielson
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